Human Error in Throat Pack Management: Report of Two Cases

Violaine Baranger1, Nicolas Bon Mardion, Bertrand Dureuil

  • 1From the *Department of Anesthetics and Intensive Care, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France; and †Department of ENT Surgery, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.

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|June 15, 2016
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