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Use of the ProSeal LMA in the ICU to facilitate weaning from controlled ventilation in patients with severe two episodic bronchospasm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2006

S. Laver ,
C. McKinstry ,
T. M. Craft  and
T. M. Cook
S. Laver
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, UK
C. McKinstry
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, UK
T. M. Craft
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, UK
T. M. Cook
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, UK
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 23 , Issue 11 , November 2006 , pp. 977 - 978
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2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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