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  1. Medical Center, Div. of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Burnet Avenue 3333, Cincinnati, 45229, U.S.A.

    Derek S. Wheeler

  2. Medical Center, Div. of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Burnet Avenue 3333, Cincinnati, 45229, U.S.A.

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  3. C.S. Mott Children's Hospital , Pediatric Critical Care Medicine , University of Michigan, E. Medical Center Drive 1500, Ann Arbor, 48109-0243, U.S.A.

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Wheeler, D.S., Poss, W.B. (2009). Pediatric Transport Medicine. In: Wheeler, D., Wong, H., Shanley, T. (eds) Resuscitation and Stabilization of the Critically Ill Child. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-919-6_8

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