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Perioperative Care of Children with Trauma

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Trauma injury remains to be a major cause of death and severe disability in children from 1 to 14 years old.

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Bussolin, L. (2016). Perioperative Care of Children with Trauma. In: Astuto, M., Ingelmo, P. (eds) Perioperative Medicine in Pediatric Anesthesia. Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21960-8_15

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