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Chapter 7 - Difficult Airway Prediction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

By
Fauzia Mir  and
A. Agatha Crerar-Gilbert
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A. Agatha Crerar-Gilbert  and
Mark MacGregor
A. Agatha Crerar-Gilbert
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital, London
Mark MacGregor
Affiliation:
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital Trust
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Core Topics in Preoperative Anaesthetic Assessment and Management , pp. 86 - 93
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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