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General anaesthesia with remifentanil and cisatracurium for a superobese patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2005

T. Gaszyński ,
W. Gaszyński  and
J. Strzelczyk
T. Gaszyński
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Łódź, Lodz, Poland
W. Gaszyński
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Łódź, Lodz, Poland
J. Strzelczyk
Affiliation:
Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Łódź, Lodz, Poland
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 77 - 78
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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