Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 336-340 , April 2010

Emergency Physician Perceptions of Patient Safety Risks

  • David P. Sklar, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of New Mexico, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
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  • Cameron S. Crandall, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of New Mexico, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Cameron S. Crandall, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, MSC10 5560, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001; 505-272-5062, fax 505-272-6503
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  • Timothy Zola, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of New Mexico, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
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  • Ron Cunningham, BS

      Affiliations

    • American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, TX

Received 18 June 2009 ,Revised 9 July 2009 ,Accepted 4 August 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

 Author contributions: All authors conceived the study and developed the design. DPS, CSC, and RC worked with ACEP to develop the electronic data collection form. RC oversaw data collection. CSC conducted the statistical analysis. DPS, CSC, and TZ contributed to writing the article. All authors take responsibility for the paper as a 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.

 Please see page 337 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01447-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.08.020

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 336-340 , April 2010

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