Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 196-205 , February 2003

The value of parental report for diagnosis and management of dehydration in the emergency department

Presented in part at the American Medical Informatics Fall Symposium, Washington, DC, November 2000, and the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 2002.

Received 15 April 2002 ,Revised 4 August 2002 ,Accepted 14 August 2002.

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☆ Dr. Porter was supported in part by a Children's Hospital Scholar Grant during this project.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Stephen C. Porter MD, MPH, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115; E-mail stephen.porter@tch.harvard.edu

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.5

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 196-205 , February 2003

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