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Oral piercing: risk of aspiration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2005

U. Schwemmer
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
M. Lintner
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
C. A. Greim
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Fulda, Fulda, Germany
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© 2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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