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Editorial
. 2023 Jan;67(1):2-3.
doi: 10.1111/aas.14151. Epub 2022 Oct 2.

COVID-19 and reduced bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A thanatophobic attitude leading to increased deaths from cardiac arrest?

Giovanni Babini  1 , Giuseppe Ristagno  1   2
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Editorial

COVID-19 and reduced bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A thanatophobic attitude leading to increased deaths from cardiac arrest?

Giovanni Babini et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2023 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; bystander CPR; cardiac arrest.

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All authors declared no conflict of interest.

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