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Zabolotskikh I.B.

Kuban State Medical University

Belkin A.A.

Clinical Institute of Brain

Butrov A.V.

People’s Friendship University of Russia

Gorobets E.S.

N. N. Blokhin Russian Federationn Cancer Research Center under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Grigoriyev E.V.

Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases

Kuzovlev A.N.

Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of Intensive Care and Rehabilitation

Lebedinskii K.M.

North-Western State Medical University n.a. Mechnikov, Federal Research;
Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology

Lubnin A.Yu.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center

Muronov A.E.

Kuban State Medical University;
Regional Clinical Hospital No. 2

Ovezov A.M.

Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute

Ovechkin A.M.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Shadrin R.V.

SBIHC «Children’s Regional Clinical Hospital» of the Ministry of Healthcare of Kuban State of the Russian Federation

Shchegolev A.V.

Kirov Military Medical Academy

Perioperative management of patients with concomitant alcohol dependence. Guidelines

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Zabolotskikh I.B., Belkin A.A., Butrov A.V., Gorobets E.S., Grigoriyev E.V., Kuzovlev A.N., Lebedinskii K.M., Lubnin A.Yu., Muronov A.E., Ovezov A.M., Ovechkin A.M., Shadrin R.V., Shchegolev A.V.

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To cite this article:

Zabolotskikh IB, Belkin AA, Butrov AV, et al. . Perioperative management of patients with concomitant alcohol dependence. Guidelines. Russian Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology. 2022;(4):5‑25. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/anaesthesiology20220415

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