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An unusual complication of endotracheal tube suctioning

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  1. Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA

    Narasimhan Jagannathan & Thomas Y. Pak

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Jagannathan, N., Pak, T.Y. An unusual complication of endotracheal tube suctioning. J Anesth 23, 170–171 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-008-0707-2

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