Hot climate and perioperative outcome in elderly patients.

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Published in Indian J Crit Care Med on April 01, 2011

Authors

Parshotam Lal Gautam1, Sunit Kathuria, Sunita Chhabra

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anaesthesiology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.

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