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Etomidate in Canadian EDs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

J.E. Chirgwin
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, St. Mary’s Hospital Center Montreal, Que. mdcn@total.net
C. Croteau
Affiliation:
Departement d’urgence, Centre Hospitalier du Sacre-Coeur, Montreal, Que. christian.croteau@sympatico.ca

Abstract

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Type
Letters • Courrier
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2001

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