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Vol. 152 No. 2324 (2022)

Emergency endotracheal intubation: best practice versus reality

  • Thomas Schmutz
  • Youcef Guechi
  • Christophe Le Terrier
  • Vincent Ribordy
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/SMW.2022.w30189
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2022;152:w30189
Published
06.06.2022

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