Understanding the anion and osmolal gaps laboratory values: what they are and how to use them.
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A pseudo course is a course that has a unique name, different from the standard course definition. Courses at The University of Akron are defined numerically, with the dept. number for the first 4 digits, and the actual course number with the last 3 characters. Example: 3300:111------3300 designates the English Dept., and 111 defines the exact course, in this case English Composition I. History uses 3400, Math 3450, etc., so that every dept. is defined with its unique dept. and every course with its own number.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
دوره 31 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005