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Understand important anatomical and physiologic differences between pediatric and adults patients

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Romanelli, T.M. (2016). Pediatric Surgery. In: Ehrenfeld, J., Urman, R., Segal, S. (eds) Anesthesia Student Survival Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11083-7_23

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