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Case 29: Thoracic CT Scan

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Dr. Canute had so much to do. He was a second-year anesthesiology resident and had been working on the intensive care unit for the past few weeks. He enjoyed the work; he could deal with the challenges better than he had anticipated.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Johannes Löser MD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    Mike Hänsel & Matthias Hübler MD, DESA

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Karen B. Domino MD, MPH

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

    Matthias Hübler

  2. Department of Anesthisology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

    Thea Koch

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Karen B. Domino

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Löser, J., Hänsel, M., Domino, K.B., Hübler, M. (2014). Case 29: Thoracic CT Scan. In: Hübler, M., Koch, T., Domino, K. (eds) Complications and Mishaps in Anesthesia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45407-3_29

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