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“Some Kind of Magic?” How Adaptive Experts Navigate Complexity in Pediatric Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access

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|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.1798 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
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