Aspiration Prevention and Prophylaxis: Preoperative Considerations

Benumof's Airway Management: Principles and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 281-302

  Tasch, Mark D ^a   Stoelting, Robert K ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-032302233-0.50017-2     Document Type: Chapter

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