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Section 2 - Airway Management: Clinical Settings and Subspecialties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2020

Edited by
Tim Cook  and
Michael Seltz Kristensen
Tim Cook
Affiliation:
Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
Michael Seltz Kristensen
Affiliation:
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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Core Topics in Airway Management , pp. 185 - 292
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Print publication year: 2020

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