Predictors of a difficult intubation in the bariatric patient: does preoperative body mass index matter?
- 30 June 2013
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
- Vol. 9 (3), 344-349
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2012.02.004
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