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Vol. 150 No. 4546 (2020)

Strong second COVID-19 wave calls for a second look at ICU triage guidelines

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20407
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20407
Published
12.11.2020

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