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The integration of artificial intelligence in regional anesthesia: perspectives, challenges and opportunities
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Artificial Intelligence offers new opportunities in medicine for improving clinical outcomes, professional training and healthcare organitazion. We emphasize the importance of thoroughly understanding new technologies and defining their potential and limitations, promoting construction of multidisciplinary collaborations to provide modern, comprhensive anesthesiological training
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