Manu Mathew Lal¹, Deepali Rajpal^2*, Manhar Shah³, Utkarsh Khandelwal⁴

¹Senior Resident, ²Professor, ³Professor & HOD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr D Y Patil Medical College and Research Institute; Navi Mumbai, INDIA.
⁴Senior Resident, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, INDIA.

Email: dypemergencymedicine6@gmail.com  

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