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Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 59-60 , July 2008

Huang DT, Weissfeld LA, Kellum JA, et al Risk Prediction With Procalcitonin and Clinical Rules in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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Barrett TW, Schriger DL. Journal Club Questions: Miller AH, Nazeer S, Pepe P, et al (Acutely decompensated heart failure in a county emergency department: a double blind randomized controlled comparison of nesiritide versus placebo treatment). Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:580–582
Huang DT, Weissfeld LA, Kellum JA, et al. Risk prediction with procalcitonin and clinical rules in community-acquired pneumonia. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;52:48–58

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