Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 483-491 , November 2008

Medication Reconciliation in a Rural Trauma Population

Presented at the Western Trauma Association annual meeting, February 2007, Steamboat Springs, CO.

Received 12 October 2007 ,Revised 27 February 2008 ,Accepted 21 March 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

 Author contributions: SLM was responsible for study conception and design. SLM and TSH interpreted data. SM was responsible for data acquisition. SLM and SM monitored the study. JB assimilated data and conducted data analysis and critical review of article. TSH was responsible for drafting and revision of the article. TSH takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

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 Publication date: Available online June 12, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00613-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.03.021

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 483-491 , November 2008

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