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Focus On Airway Management

Rate of Decline in Oxygen Saturation at Various Pulse Oximetry Values with Prehospital Rapid Sequence Intubation

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Pages 46-51 | Received 23 Dec 2006, Accepted 12 Mar 2007, Published online: 26 Aug 2009

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