Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Page 162 , January 2009

In reply

  • Richard L. Byyny, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
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  • Larry J. Baraff, MD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Emergency Medicine Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • ,
  • William R. Mower, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Emergency Medicine Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.08.013

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Page 162 , January 2009