Editorial
“You test because you cannot afford to make assumptions”
C. M. McGlennan,
T. R. Christmas,
Corresponding Author
C. M. McGlennan
Specialty Registrar
Department of Anaesthesia, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Correspondence to: T. R. Christmas
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorT. R. Christmas
Consultant
Department of Anaesthesia, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Search for more papers by this authorC. M. McGlennan,
T. R. Christmas,
Corresponding Author
C. M. McGlennan
Specialty Registrar
Department of Anaesthesia, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Correspondence to: T. R. Christmas
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorT. R. Christmas
Consultant
Department of Anaesthesia, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Search for more papers by this authorThis editorial accompanies an article by Plaat et al. Anaesthesia 2022: 77: 588–97.
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