Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Page 159 , January 2009

Male With Torso Injury

  • Benjamin M. Braslow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • S. Peter Stawicki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Edward T. Dickinson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
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