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Essential reading

Knight D, Mahajan R. Patient positioning in anaesthesia. Contin Educ Anaesth Crit Care Pain 2004;4:160–3.


The essential reading includes papers suggested by the authors for course delegates to read before they begin working through an eTutorial. They are not compulsory.

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