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A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
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[Possibilities of computer analysis of emergency states in acute poisoning]

E A Luzhnikov, V N Dagaev, Iu S Gol'dfarb

    Anesteziologiia I Reanimatologiia
    |January 1, 1995
    PubMed

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