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Archive >  Ambulatory Anesthesia 2007

Developing Sensible Airway Management Protocols

Let the procedures that you can safely perform be your guide.

Paul Patane, MD, MBA

Any anesthesiologist to OR 3, stat!" sounds over the hospital OR intercom and decades of experience and skill appear, specialized equipment at hand. Airway disaster averted.

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