Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 299-302 , July 2008

Anaesthesia in the obese patient

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.04.018

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 299-302 , July 2008