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Submersion and Early-Onset Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Case Report

Wayde Diamond From the Academy of Transport Medicine (WD) and the Research and Development Division (RDMacD), Ornge Transport Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and the Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (RDMacD), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
, CCP(f), A-EMCA &
Russell D. MacDonald From the Academy of Transport Medicine (WD) and the Research and Development Division (RDMacD), Ornge Transport Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and the Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (RDMacD), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, MPH
Pages 288-293 | Received 21 Aug 2010, Accepted 01 Oct 2010, Published online: 28 Jan 2011

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