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. 2004 Jan;98(1):264-265.
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000077676.55641.A2.

Use of an elevation pillow to produce the head-elevated laryngoscopy position for airway management in morbidly obese and large-framed patients

James M Rich  1
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Use of an elevation pillow to produce the head-elevated laryngoscopy position for airway management in morbidly obese and large-framed patients

James M Rich. Anesth Analg. 2004 Jan.
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