Textbook of Anaesthesia
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Aitkenhead’s Textbook
of Anaesthesia
Sixth Edition
ALAN R. AITKENHEAD
Emeritus Professor of Anaesthesia
Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, UK
IAIN K. MOPPETT
Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant
Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, UK
JONATHAN P. THOMPSON
Senior Lecturer/Hon Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care
University of Leicester and UHL NHS Trust
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester, UK