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Chapter 24 - Management of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2015

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Nicholas M. Dalesio
Edited by
Lauren C. Berkow  and
John C. Sakles
Lauren C. Berkow
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John C. Sakles
Affiliation:
University of Arizona College of Medicine
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Cases in Emergency Airway Management , pp. 184 - 189
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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