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Securing the airway of a ‘super sized’ patient: another use for the Aintree Catheter®

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2006

C. Schmiesing ,
J. Collins ,
E. Ottestad ,
V. Kulkarni  and
J. Brock-Utne
C. Schmiesing
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
J. Collins
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
E. Ottestad
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
V. Kulkarni
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
J. Brock-Utne
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 23 , Issue 12 , December 2006 , pp. 1064 - 1066
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2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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