The Difficult Airway in Obstetric Anesthesia

Benumof's Airway Management: Principles and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 834-858

  Crosby, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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