Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 261-276 , June 2010

The preoperative assessment of obstetric patients

  • Anelia Hinova, FCRA (Research Fellow in Obstetric Anaesthesia)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
    • ,
  • Roshan Fernando, FCRA (Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Senior Lecturer)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, NW1 2BU, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 8451 555 000; Fax: 44 207 380 9604.

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