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Totally Stumped!!! Patient has respiratory failure..sm

Posted By: lsm on 2007-11-01
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and is status post "dragon pack", "drag n pack"???? I can't find anything on this.  Dictator is ESL, so it could be something completely different than what it sounds like.  Thanks if anyone knows what this is!


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