Delayed Sequence Intubation: Danger in Delaying Definitive Airway?

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  • Richard Skupski
  • Joseph Miller
  • Sophia Binz
  • Morta Lapkus
  • Mark Walsh
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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of emergency medicine

دوره 67 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016