Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 454-458 , September 2009

The diagnostic process and perioperative and anesthetic management of an undiagnosed congenital cyanotic cardiac defect in an adult for trauma surgery

  • Tim Litofe, MD (Resident)
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  • Jochen Muehlschlegel, MD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
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  • Yong Peng, MD (Assistant Professor)
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  • Avner Sidi, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Box 100254, Gainesville, FL 32610-0254, USA. Tel.: +1 352 273 6575; fax: +1 352 392 7029.

Received 10 September 2007 ,Revised 22 September 2008 ,Accepted 11 October 2008.

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PII: S0952-8180(09)00093-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.10.008

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 454-458 , September 2009

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