Common sense medicine and cerebrospinal lavage
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Evidence based medicine, guidelines and common sense.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12796