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Correlation between capillary and arterial blood gas parameters in an ED

Kamran Heidari1, Hamidreza Hatamabadi, Nader Ansarian

  • 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Hosain Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
|November 20, 2012
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