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Editorial
. 2017 Oct:119:A2-A3.
doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.08.006. Epub 2017 Aug 12.

First do no harm: Echocardiography during cardiac arrest may increase pulse check duration

Ari Moskowitz  1 , Katherine M Berg  2
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Editorial

First do no harm: Echocardiography during cardiac arrest may increase pulse check duration

Ari Moskowitz et al. Resuscitation. 2017 Oct.
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Conflict of interest: Neither of the authors has any financial conflict of interest to disclose.

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