The Combitube: Esophageal-Tracheal Double-Lumen Airway

Benumof's Airway Management: Principles and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 594-615

  Frass, Michael ^a   Urtubia, Ricardo M ^b   Hagberg, Carin A ^c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Mutual de Seguridad Hospital   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-032302233-0.50032-9     Document Type: Chapter

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