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Original Article

A randomized, controlled trial of the efficacy of closed chest compressions in ambulances

Sandra Braunfels German Red Cross, Ludwigshafen, Germany
,
Klaus Meinhard German Red Cross, Ludwigshafen, Germany
,
Bernd Zieher German Red Cross, Ludwigshafen, Germany
,
Katharina P. Koetter Department of Neurology, Juliusspital, Wuerzburg, Germany
,
Wolfgang H. Maleck Department of Anesthesiology, Klinikum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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Georg A. Petroianu Department of Pharmacology, University of Heidelberg at Mannheim, Germany
Pages 128-131 | Received 10 Dec 1996, Accepted 19 Feb 1997, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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