Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 33-40 , July 2009

Ultrasonographically Guided Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients With Difficult Intravenous Access: A Randomized Trial

Presented as an abstract at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine meeting, May 2005, New York, NY.

Received 18 June 2007 ,Revised 9 June 2008 ,Accepted 29 July 2008.

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 Supervising editor: William R. Mower, MD, PhD

 Dr. Callaham recused himself from the decision process for this article.

 Author contributions: JS, BG, and DM conceived the study and designed the trial. JS, BG, and DM supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. JS provided statistical advice on study design and analyzed the data. JS drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revisions. JS and DM take responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)01585-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.07.048

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 33-40 , July 2009

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