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Review Article| Volume 26, ISSUE 4, P641-646, October 2010

Airway Management in the Obese Patient

  • William A. Loder
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    Department of Anesthesiology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822-2025.
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    Department of Anesthesiology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822-2025, USA

    Department of Critical Care Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822-2025, USA
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