Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 565-576 , December 2006

The pregnant and the parturient

  • Wendy E. Scott, MB, ChB, FRCA, DROG (Consultant Anaesthetist)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2006.10.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 565-576 , December 2006

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