Predictive value of quick surgical airway assessment for trauma (qSAT) score for identifying trauma patients requiring surgical airway in emergency room
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Emergency Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1471-227X
DOI: 10.1186/s12873-018-0203-4