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Section 5 - Post-operative Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2018

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Christopher Bouch
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Jonathan Cousins
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Core Topics in Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Care of the Morbidly Obese Surgical Patient , pp. 169 - 200
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