Effective Dissemination of Critical Airway Information: The MedicAlert Foundation National Difficult Airway/Intubation Registry

Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mark, Lynette J ^a   Foley, Lorraine J ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Winchester Hospital   (United States)

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EID: 84878231887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-2764-7.00054-3     Document Type: Chapter

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