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Section 7 - When the Airway Goes Bad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2017

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D. John Doyle  and
Basem Abdelmalak
D. John Doyle
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Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi
Basem Abdelmalak
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Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
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Clinical Airway Management
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