Findings of the First Consensus Conference on Medical Emergency Teams*

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Critical Care Medicine

• Publication date

  2006-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/01.CCM.0000235743.38172.6EPMID 16878033
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