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Management of Minor Head Injury in Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: A Prospective Study of a 24-Hour Observation Protocol
16 January 2012
Study objective: Patients receiving warfarin who experience minor head injury are at risk of intracranial hemorrhage, and optimal management after a single head computed tomography (CT) scan is unclea...
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Vincenzo G. Menditto,
Moira Lucci,
Stefano Polonara,
Giovanni Pomponio,
Armando Gabrielli
et al.
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451-455
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| Images in Emergency Medicine |
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Eye Pain After Blunt Ocular Trauma
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:456.]
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Jason D. Heiner,
Kamaljeet S. Kalsi
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456
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| Trauma |
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Admit All Anticoagulated Head-Injured Patients? A Million Dollars Versus Your Dime. You Make the Call
10 February 2012
SEE RELATED ARTICLE,P. 451
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James Li
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457-459
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Immediate and Delayed Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients With Head Trauma and Preinjury Warfarin or Clopidogrel Use
Study objective: Patients receiving warfarin or clopidogrel are considered at increased risk for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage after blunt head trauma. The prevalence of immediate traumatic intrac...
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Daniel K. Nishijima,
Steven R. Offerman,
Dustin W. Ballard,
David R. Vinson,
Uli K. Chettipally,
Adina S. Rauchwerger,
Mary E. Reed,
James F. Holmes,
Clinical Research in Emergency Services and Treatment (CREST) Network
et al.
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460-468.e7
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Validation of the Dime
SEE RELATED ARTICLE,P. 460.
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James Li
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469-470
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Elevated Levels of Serum Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Breakdown Products in Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Are Associated With Intracranial Lesions and Neurosurgical Intervention
10 November 2011
Study objective: This study examines whether serum levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein breakdown products (GFAP-BDP) are elevated in patients with mild and moderate traumatic brain injury compar...
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Linda Papa,
Lawrence M. Lewis,
Jay L. Falk,
Zhiqun Zhang,
Salvatore Silvestri,
Philip Giordano,
Gretchen M. Brophy,
Jason A. Demery,
Neha K. Dixit,
Ian Ferguson,
Ming Cheng Liu,
Jixiang Mo,
Linnet Akinyi,
Kara Schmid,
Stefania Mondello,
Claudia S. Robertson,
Frank C. Tortella,
Ronald L. Hayes,
Kevin K.W. Wang
et al.
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471-483
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| Environmental Medicine |
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Ibuprofen Prevents Altitude Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Prevention of Altitude Illness With Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatories
22 March 2012
Study objective: Acute mountain sickness occurs in more than 25% of the tens of millions of people who travel to high altitude each year. Previous studies on chemoprophylaxis with nonsteroidal anti-in...
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Grant S. Lipman,
Nicholas C. Kanaan,
Peter S. Holck,
Benjamin B. Constance,
Jeffrey H. Gertsch,
PAINS Group
et al.
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484-490
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Successful Treatment of Severe Heatstroke With Therapeutic Hypothermia by a Noninvasive External Cooling System
10 October 2011
Heatstroke is a life-threatening disease; however, no pharmacologic treatment has proven to be effective. In severe cases with multiple organ dysfunction, the mortality remains high and many patients ...
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Jen-Yee Hong,
Yi-Chun Lai,
Cheng-Yu Chang,
Shih-Chieh Chang,
Gau-Jun Tang
et al.
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491-493
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| Injury Prevention |
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Driver Electronic Device Use in 20101
[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Driver Electronic Device Use in 2010. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:494-495.]
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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494-495
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Commentary: Driver Electronic Device Use—Put Down That Cell Telephone!
[Chakravarthy B, Lotfipour S. Commentary: driver electronic device use-put down that cell telephone! Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:495-496.]
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Bharath Chakravarthy,
Shahram Lotfipour
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495-496
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| Pain Management and Sedation |
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Morphine and Ketamine Is Superior to Morphine Alone for Out-of-Hospital Trauma Analgesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
16 January 2012
Study objective: We assess the efficacy of intravenous ketamine compared with intravenous morphine in reducing pain in adults with significant out-of-hospital traumatic pain. Methods: This study was a...
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Paul A. Jennings,
Peter Cameron,
Stephen Bernard,
Tony Walker,
Damien Jolley,
Mark Fitzgerald,
Kevin Masci
et al.
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497-503
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Ketamine-Propofol Combination (Ketofol) Versus Propofol Alone for Emergency Department Procedural Sedation and Analgesia: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial
09 March 2012
Study objective: We determine whether a 1:1 mixture of ketamine and propofol (ketofol) for emergency department (ED) procedural sedation results in a 13% or more absolute reduction in adverse respirat...
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Gary Andolfatto,
Riyad B. Abu-Laban,
Peter J. Zed,
Sean M. Staniforth,
Sherry Stackhouse,
Susanne Moadebi,
Elaine Willman
et al.
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504-512.e2
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Can Intra-articular Lidocaine Supplant the Need for Procedural Sedation for Reduction of Acute Anterior Shoulder Dislocation?
12 December 2011
Intra-articular lidocaine is as effective as fixed intravenous doses of benzodiazepine/procedural sedation for reduction of acute anterior shoulder dislocations and may be associated with fewer advers...
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Ben Hunter,
Lee Wilbur
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513-514
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What Is the Best Pharmacologic Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease Pain Crises?
06 January 2012
There is no clear evidence that any one pharmacologic agent or strategy is superior for the acute management of sickle cell disease–related pain in the emergency department. Evidence surrounding nonop...
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Mari Baker,
John W. Hafner
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515-516
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| Pulmonary Embolism |
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
19 December 2011
Study objective: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to define the diagnostic performance of pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) in deferring the need for D-dimer testing to rule ...
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Balwinder Singh,
Ajay K. Parsaik,
Dipti Agarwal,
Alok Surana,
Soniya S. Mascarenhas,
Subhash Chandra
et al.
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517-520.e4
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A Patient With a Large Pulmonary Saddle Embolus Eluding Both Clinical Gestalt and Validated Decision Rules
12 December 2011
We report a patient with chest pain who was classified as having low risk for pulmonary embolism with clinical gestalt and accepted clinical decision rules. An inadvertently ordered D-dimer and abnorm...
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Adam Hennessey,
Devy A. Setyono,
Wayne Bond Lau,
Jason Matthew Fields
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521-523
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Right-Sizing Testing for Pulmonary Embolism: Recognizing the Risks of Detecting Any Clot
16 January 2012
SEE RELATED ARTICLES,P. 517and521.
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Steven M. Green,
Donald M. Yealy
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524-526
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| Toxicology |
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Ethylene Glycol Elimination Kinetics and Outcomes in Patients Managed Without Hemodialysis
09 January 2012
Study objective: Ethylene glycol remains an important toxic cause of metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure. Traditionally, inhibition of alcohol dehydrogenase along with hemodialysis has been use...
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Michael Levine,
Steven C. Curry,
Anne-Michelle Ruha,
Anthony F. Pizon,
Edward Boyer,
Jarrett Burns,
Dale Bikin,
Richard D. Gerkin
et al.
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527-531
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Hydroxocobalamin Versus Sodium Thiosulfate for the Treatment of Acute Cyanide Toxicity in a Swine (Sus scrofa) Model
05 March 2012
Study objective: We compare the efficacy of hydroxocobalamin to sodium thiosulfate to reverse the depressive effects on mean arterial pressure in a swine model of acute cyanide toxicity and gain a bet...
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Vikhyat S. Bebarta,
Rebecca L. Pitotti,
Patricia Dixon,
Julio R. Lairet,
Anneke Bush,
David A. Tanen
et al.
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532-539
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Extracorporeal Albumin Dialysis in Three Cases of Acute Calcium Channel Blocker Poisoning With Life-Threatening Refractory Cardiogenic Shock
22 August 2011
We describe 3 patients admitted to the medical-surgical ICU in a university hospital with life-threatening cardiogenic shock after the ingestion of high doses of calcium channel blockers (8.4 g sustai...
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Nicolas Pichon,
Anthony Dugard,
Marc Clavel,
Jean Bernard Amiel,
Bruno François,
Philippe Vignon
et al.
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540-544
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False-Positive Urine Phencyclidine Immunoassay Screen Result Caused by Interference by Tramadol and Its Metabolites
19 September 2011
Phencyclidine is one of the drugs of abuse included in qualitative urine drug screens that are frequently ordered in the emergency department despite concerns about specificity and clinical utility. M...
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Binh T. Ly,
Stephen L. Thornton,
Colleen Buono,
Judith A. Stone,
Alan H.B. Wu
et al.
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545-547
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| Change of Shift |
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Spiders
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:548.]
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Rebecca Jeanmonod
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548
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| Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club |
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Preparing Your Emergency Department for the New CMS Metrics: Collecting and Comparing the Data: Answers to the January 2012 Journal Club Questions
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Melinda J. Morton,
David L. Schriger,
Tyler W. Barrett
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549-555
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Correction Notice
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555
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| Images in Emergency Medicine |
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Progressive Foot Swelling and Pain
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:556.]
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R. Jason Thurman,
Ashley R. Brown,
Robinson M. Ferre
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556
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Male With Left Lower Quadrant Abdominal Pain
[Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:e11-e12.]
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Ronald Van Ness-Otunnu,
Jennifer T.R. Foster,
Jason B. Hack
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e11-e12
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Public Access Defibrillation: A Call to Arms for Systematic Data Collection and Integration Into 911
In the cross-sectional survey conducted at the Central Railway Station of Amsterdam, Schober et al demonstrated that more than half of the 1,018 participants interviewed were unable to recognize an au...
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Comilla Sasson,
Jason S. Haukoos,
David J. Magid
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557-558
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Public Access Defibrillation
I read with interest the study by Schober et al on public access defibrillation at the Central Railway Station of Amsterdam. The authors found that “only a minority (47%) of individuals would be willi...
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Ken Zafren
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558
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In reply
We thank Dr. Zafren and Dr. Sasson et al for their interest in our study on public access defibrillation.
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Patrick Schober,
Frederieke B. van Dehn,
Joost J.L.M. Bierens,
Stephan A. Loer,
Lothar A. Schwarte
et al.
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558-559
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Path Dependence and the Persistence of the Glasgow Coma Scale
In their recent out-of-hospital validation of the Simplified Motor Score, Thompson et al demonstrate that this concise scoring instrument is similar to the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in assessing trauma...
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Bradley D. Shy
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559
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In reply
We thank Dr. Shy for his interest in our article. We agree that the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is pervasive in clinical practice and medical literature, yet we hardly believe familiarity in and of...
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David O. Thompson,
Timothy R. Hurtado,
Michael M. Liao,
Richard L. Byyny,
Jason S. Haukoos,
Jason S. Haukoos
et al.
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559-560
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| Book and Media Reviews |
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Book review
Emergency Department Resuscitation of the Critically Ill is an advanced exploration of the crashing emergency patient that fills a void in current emergency medicine literature. Focused topics concern...
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Jonathan C. Roberts,
Maureen Chase
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561
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Book review
I have to admit I was excited to review Diagnostic Imaging for the Emergency Physician by Joshua Broder, MD. He has quickly risen as a leader in emergency radiology, and I was familiar with the qualit...
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Jeffrey A. Holmes
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561-562
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Subject Index
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563-575
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Author Index
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576-581
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A13-A15
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What's Coming in Annals ● July 2012
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A16
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| News and Perspective |
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Unscrambled: Every Emergency Medicine Spot Filled in Residency Match
There's no room at the inn: For the first time in a quarter century, all of the US emergency medicine residency spots were filled.
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Eric Berger
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A19-A20
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Required Conflict of Interest Information from Authors
Annals adheres to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editor's specific requirements regarding authorship (see www.icmje.org). On behalf of all authors, I verify that all listed authors mee...
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Information for Readers
Annals of Emergency Medicine is the official publication of the American College of Emergency Physicians (www.acep.org). The journal is provided to all ACEP members as a membership benefit. For inform...
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Calendar
Advanced Wilderness Life Support. June 1-3, 2012. Grattan, MI. Sponsor: Wilderness Medical Society. Fee: $695.00. Contact: Bob Richards, 637-B South Broadway, #339, Boulder, CO, 80305. Email: bob@awls...
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Classified 2012 Advertising Rates & Information: New Value-Added Feature—Your Ad Online at no Additional Cost!
Ads and complete payments must be received in writing by the issue's deadline date. These deadlines apply to insertions, cancellations, and changes.
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