Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 284-289 , March 2010

Bedside Ultrasonography to Identify Hip Effusions in Pediatric Patients

Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, May 2008, HI.

  • Rebecca L. Vieira, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Rebecca Vieira, MD, Children's Hospital Boston, Division of Emergency Medicine, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115; 617-355-9686, fax 617-730-0335
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  • Jason A. Levy, MD

Received 11 November 2008 ,Revised 28 May 2009 ,Accepted 25 June 2009.

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 Supervising editors: Kelly D. Young, MD, MS; Steven M. Green, MD

 Author contributions: RLV and JAL conceived and designed the study. RLV and JAL supervised the conduct of the study and the data collection. RLV managed and analyzed the data. JAL trained the study physicians. RLV drafted the article, and both authors contributed to its revision. RLV takes responsibility for the paper as 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.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Please see page 285 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

 Publication date: Available online August 20, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01233-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.527

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 284-289 , March 2010

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