Improving the Evidence Base for Anaesthesia

This paper is a brief report of the symposium, “Improving the Evidence Base for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care”, organized by the MASTER Anaesthesia Trial Study Group at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Newcastle, N.S.W., on Tuesday, May 5, 1998.

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