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A teaspoon in the stomach: How do we proceed from here?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Itai Shavit*
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Danny Eytan
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Ron Shaoul
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
*
P.O. Box 369, Nahariyya 22103, Israel; [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2010

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