Penetrating abdominal injury in a polytrauma patient: Anaesthetic challenges faced
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0970-9185
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.81846