Trauma Emergency Department Management

Cobb, Torry Grantham

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Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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St. Francis University, Loretto, PA, USA
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Departments of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
Peter J. Papadakos
Department of Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Rochester, School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, USA
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Cobb, T.G. (2015). Trauma Emergency Department Management. In: Papadakos, P.J., Gestring, M.L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Trauma Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29613-0_356

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29613-0_356
Published: 12 August 2015
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