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Comment
. 2004 Sep;99(3):956.
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000131702.14060.DD.

Standard clinical tests for predicting difficult intubation are not useful among morbidly obese patients

Tomasz Gaszynski  1
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Standard clinical tests for predicting difficult intubation are not useful among morbidly obese patients

Tomasz Gaszynski. Anesth Analg. 2004 Sep.
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