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Section 1 - Airway Management: Background and Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2020

Edited by
Tim Cook  and
Michael Seltz Kristensen
Tim Cook
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Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
Michael Seltz Kristensen
Affiliation:
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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Core Topics in Airway Management , pp. 1 - 184
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