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Re: reasons for not using intraosseous access in critical illness
  1. Jon William Barratt
  1. Correspondence to Capt Jon Barratt, 4 Medical Regiment, Normandy Barracks, Aldershot, GU11 2LZ, UK; jon.barratt{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-202120

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