Anaesthesia for thoracic surgery in children
Simon R. Haynes
BSC,
MBChB,
FRCA,
Stephen Bonner
MBBS,
MRCP,
FRCA,
Simon R. Haynes BSC, MBChB, FRCA
Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
Search for more papers by this authorStephen Bonner MBBS, MRCP, FRCA
Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
Search for more papers by this authorSimon R. Haynes
BSC,
MBChB,
FRCA,
Stephen Bonner
MBBS,
MRCP,
FRCA,
Simon R. Haynes BSC, MBChB, FRCA
Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
Search for more papers by this authorStephen Bonner MBBS, MRCP, FRCA
Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
Search for more papers by this authorS.R. Haynes, Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK.
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