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Sepsis in fatal pelvic trauma patients: report from a level-1 Indian Trauma Centre

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Sanjeev Lalwani, Nonika Rajkumari, Purva Mathur, Vijay Sharma and Vivek Trikha declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    S. Lalwani

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine (Microbiology Division), Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    N. Rajkumari & P. Mathur

  3. Department of Orthopaedics, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    V. Sharma & V. Trikha

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Lalwani, S., Rajkumari, N., Mathur, P. et al. Sepsis in fatal pelvic trauma patients: report from a level-1 Indian Trauma Centre. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 42, 43–45 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-015-0496-x

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