Can the morbidly obese have the same "standard of care"?

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Babatunde O Ogunnaike et al. Anesth Analg. 2003 Aug.

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doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000074641.73126.26.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management Department of Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX.

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