Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 368-372 , September 2007

Preventing aspiration and regurgitation

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.07.011

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 368-372 , September 2007

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