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. 2002 Nov;19(6):494–498. doi: 10.1136/emj.19.6.494

Fluid resuscitation in prehospital trauma care: a consensus view

M Revell 1, K Porter 1, I Greaves 1
PMCID: PMC1756310  PMID: 12421770

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