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Implications for COVID-19 triage from the ICNARC report of 2204 COVID-19 cases managed in UK adult intensive care units

EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL (2020)

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EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL

Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 332-333

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BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP

DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2020-209791

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assessment; general; triage; respiratory; intensive care

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Emergency Medicine

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