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Pretreatment in rapid sequence intubation: Indicated or contraindicated?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

George Kovacs ,
Kirk MacQuarrie ,
Sam Campbell  and
And the AIME Instructors
George Kovacs
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine
Kirk MacQuarrie
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology
Sam Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine
And the AIME Instructors
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Abstract

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Type
Letters • Courrier
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , July 2006 , pp. 243
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2006

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