Prehospital point-of-care emergency ultrasound: a cohort study
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Emergency Ultrasound: Point-of-care Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine.
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-018-0519-9