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Chapter 54 - Pediatric Observation Medicine at a Children’s Hospital

from Subpart IVK - Clinical – Pediatrics and Geriatrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2017

Sharon E. Mace
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
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Observation Medicine
Principles and Protocols
, pp. 300 - 303
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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