Resuscitation
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Comparing the systolic blood pressure (SBP) and pulse rate (PR) in injured children with and without traumatic brain injury

Received 29 July 2009 ,Revised 7 December 2009 ,Accepted 17 December 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.017.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00002-X

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.017

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