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14 - The Newborn Airway

from Section 2 - Newborn and Infant Anesthesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2018

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Shivani S. Patel  and
Narasimhan Jagannathan
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Mary Ellen McCann
Edited in association with
Christine Greco  and
Kai Matthes
Mary Ellen McCann
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Christine Greco
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Kai Matthes
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Essentials of Anesthesia for Infants and Neonates , pp. 124 - 136
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