Airway complications in infants: comparison of laryngeal mask airway and the facemask-oral airway
โ Scribed by Miriam Harnett; Brian Kinirons; Anne Heffernan; Catherine Motherway; William Casey
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1496-8975
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