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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Jarrod M. Mosier

  2. Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Jarrod M. Mosier

  3. Department of Anesthesia, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    J. Adam Law

  4. Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    J. Adam Law

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Mosier, J.M., Law, J.A. Airway management in the critically ill. Intensive Care Med 40, 727–729 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3261-4

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