Variations in mortality after emergency laparotomy: the first report of the UK Emergency Laparotomy Network
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Variations in mortality after emergency laparotomy: the first report of the UK Emergency Laparotomy Network.
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes165