Clinical Anesthesia Fundamentals

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Clinical Anesthesia
Fundamentals
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Clinical Anesthesia
Fundamentals
EditEd By
Paul G. Barash, MD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
Attending Anesthesiologist
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
Bruce F. Cullen, MD
Emeritus Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
Robert K. Stoelting, MD
Emeritus Professor and Past Chair
Department of Anesthesia
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
Michael K. Cahalan, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
The University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
M. Christine Stock, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School
of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Rafael Ortega, MD
Professor
Vice-Chairman of Academic Affairs
Department of Anesthesiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Sam R. Sharar, MD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain
Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
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