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. 2016 Oct-Dec;32(4):535-536.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.194764.

Lateral position… beware!

Tasneem Dhansura  1 , Shakir Kapadia  2 , Disha Kapadia  1
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Lateral position… beware!

Tasneem Dhansura et al. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Oct-Dec.
No abstract available

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Picture denoting venous congestion
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Venous congestion relieved
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