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Out-of-hospital interventions by the French Emergency Medical Service are associated with a high survival in patients aged 80 year or over

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Beaujon University Hospital, 100 bd du Général Leclerc, 92110, Clichy, France

    François-Xavier Duchateau, Alexis Burnod, Souhayl Dahmani, Agnès Ricard-Hibon & Jean Mantz

  2. Acute Geriatric Department, Beaujon University Hospital, 100 bd du Général Leclerc, 92110, Clichy, France

    Sandrine Delpierre

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Duchateau, FX., Burnod, A., Dahmani, S. et al. Out-of-hospital interventions by the French Emergency Medical Service are associated with a high survival in patients aged 80 year or over. Intensive Care Med 34, 1544–1545 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1105-9

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