Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 342-346 , September 1999

Screening for Ketonemia in Patients With Diabetes

Presented in part at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual conference, Chicago, IL, May 1998.

Received 26 January 1999 ,Revised 3 May 1999 ,Accepted 15 June 1999.

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☆ From the Division of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, University of California–San Francisco/Fresno, Fresno, CA.

☆☆ Supported by a grant from the Valley Medical Center Foundation.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 342-346 , September 1999

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