Nonagenarian’s use of emergency departments
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Current use of intraosseous infusion in Danish emergency departments
Results Overall response rate was 95% (n = 19). Of the responding Danish emergency departments 74% (n = 14) have intraosseous devices. Despite this 33% (n = 6) of the departments did not use intraosseous devices at all and in 68% (n = 13) it was used infrequently. In 47% (n = 9) of the departments there had never been any training sessions in the use of intraosseous devices, and 42% (n = 8) did...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1468-2834,0002-0729
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi100