Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 358-361 , August 2008

Flexible fibre-optic intubation

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PII: S1472-0299(08)00134-3

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.06.012

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 358-361 , August 2008

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