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Focus on Pediatrics

Comparison of the AVPU Scale and the Pediatric GCS in Prehospital Setting

Florian HoffmannCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Michael Schmalhofer
, MD,
Markus Lehner
, MD,
Sebastian Zimatschek
, MD,
Veit Grote
, MD, MSc &
Karl Reiter
, MD
Pages 493-498 | Published online: 08 Mar 2016

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