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Prehospital Transfusion of Low-Titer O + Whole Blood for Severe Maternal Hemorrhage: A Case Report

Ryan NewberryCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5691-7913
, DO MPHORCID Icon,
C. J. Winckler
, MD LP,
Ryan Luellwitz
, DO,
Leslie Greebon
, MD,
Elly Xenakis
, MD,
William Bullock
, EMT-P,
Michael Stringfellow
, EMT-P &
Julian Mapp
, MD MBA MPH show all
Pages 566-575 | Received 14 Jun 2019, Accepted 19 Sep 2019, Published online: 14 Oct 2019

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