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Gastric volume and pulmonary aspiration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2005

J. G. Brock-Utne
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
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2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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