Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 134-140 , August 1999

Rapid Oral Hydration Results in Hydronephrosis as Demonstrated by Bedside Ultrasound

Presented in abstract form at the 1997 ACEP Research Forum, San Francisco, CA, October 1997.

Received 13 October 1997 ,Revised 8 April 1999 ,Accepted 12 May 1999.

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☆ From the Emergency Medicine Residency of the Lehigh Valley, St Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, PA.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
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