Organizational aspects of difficult airway management: think globally, act locally

Editorial

Ulrich Schmidt et al. Anesthesiology. 2011 Jan.

. 2011 Jan;114(1):3-6.

doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318201c6ff.

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