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The clinical effectiveness of the STUMBL score for the management of ED patients with blunt chest trauma compared to clinical evaluation alone: comment

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  1. Emergency Department, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, Wales

    Ceri Battle

  2. School of Emergency Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Jacopo Giamello

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Santa Croce E Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy

    Jacopo Giamello

  4. Swansea Trials Unit, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, Wales

    Hayley Hutchings

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Battle, C., Giamello, J. & Hutchings, H. The clinical effectiveness of the STUMBL score for the management of ED patients with blunt chest trauma compared to clinical evaluation alone: comment. Intern Emerg Med 18, 337–338 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-022-03082-x

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