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/ Published on September 2, 2007
Utilidad de la humedad y métodos de aplicación
Tratamiento del crup en la sala de emergencia
No se comprobó que la humedad sea necesaria para los niños con crup que concurren a una sala de emergencia.
Author: Dres. Dennis Scolnik, Allan L. Coates, Derek Stephens, Zelia Da Silva, Elana Lavine, Suzanne Schuh
Fuente: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA. 2006;295:1274-1280.
Index
1. Referencias
2. Desarrollo
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