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The factors affecting success rate of emergency intubation

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X.-L. Ding and S.-Y. Wang contributed equally to this work.

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Ding, XL., Wang, SY., Yang, RM. et al. The factors affecting success rate of emergency intubation. Intern Emerg Med 9, 351–352 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-013-0990-2

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