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To CPR or not to CPR? That is the question
  1. Muhammad Akbar Baig1,
  2. Asad Mian1,2,
  3. Hira Shahzad3
  1. 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  2. 2Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  3. 3Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Muhammad Akbar Baig, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan; dr_akbar2007{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2015-204934

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    • Contributors MAB and AM contributed towards conception of idea, drafting and critical editing of the manuscript. HS contributed towards drafting, critical editing and revision of the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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