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Review
. 2021 May;21(5):180-186.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2020.12.007. Epub 2021 Feb 17.

Anaesthesia for the parturient with obesity

S D Patel  1 , A S Habib  2
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Review

Anaesthesia for the parturient with obesity

S D Patel et al. BJA Educ. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: anaesthesia; labour analgesia; obesity; pregnancy.

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Conflict of interest statement

ASH is an editor and editorial board member of BJA Education. SDP declares that they have no conflict of interest.

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