International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 137-145 , April 2008

Lessons learned from obstetric anesthesia

  • David H. Chestnut

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. David H. Chestnut, M.D., Edwin L. Overholt, Director of Medical Education, Gundersen Lutheran Health System, Professor of Anesthesiology, Associate Dean for the Western Academic Campus, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, 1900 South Avenue, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA, Tel.: +608 775 6650; fax: +608 775 4457.

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☆ The 2006 Fred Hehre Lecture. Given at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Hollywood, FL, April 29, 2006.

PII: S0959-289X(08)00004-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2008.01.003

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 137-145 , April 2008

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