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Chapter 47 - Special considerations for the morbidly obese patient

from Section III - Special considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2016

James W. Heitz
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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Post-Anesthesia Care
Symptoms, Diagnosis and Management
, pp. 337 - 344
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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