Bedside ABG, electrolytes, lactate and procalcitonin in emergency pediatrics
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Pediatrics in the accident and emergency department.
When the National Health Service began in 1948 many hospitals, large and small, had casualty departments. These were usually run by experienced and dedicated nursing staff in often inadequate accommodation. Self taught clinical assistants were in overall charge but had inexperienced, often poorly supervised junior medical staff. The departments treated patients, including children, with a wide ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2229-5151
DOI: 10.4103/2229-5151.141467