Vol 27, No 6 (2020)
Research Letter
Published online: 2020-12-16

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Impact of COVID-19 on bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Is it as bad as we think?

Mahdi Al-Jeabory1, Kamil Safiejko2, Szymon Bialka3, Michal Pruc4, Aleksandra Gasecka56, Lukasz Szarpak724
Pubmed: 33346369
Cardiol J 2020;27(6):884-885.

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