| Cardiology |
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Increased Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department: Pain, Anxiety, or Undiagnosed Hypertension?
21 January 2008
Study objective: We determine the proportion of patients with increased emergency department (ED) blood pressure and no history of hypertension who have persistently increased blood pressure at home, ...
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Paula Tanabe,
Stephen D. Persell,
James G. Adams,
Jennifer C. McCormick,
Zoran Martinovich,
David W. Baker
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 221-229
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| Images in Emergency Medicine |
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Images in Emergency Medicine
An 82-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented to the emergency department, complaining of general malaise, poor intake, dysuria, and low abdominal pain for about ...
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Yui-Rwei Young,
Bor-Fuh Sheu,
Chien-Chang Lee,
Shy-Shin Chang,
Pei-Lin Li,
Ya-Shen Wu
et al.
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Short survey
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page 230
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| Cardiology |
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 Utility of Routine Testing for Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Blood Pressure Elevation in the Emergency Department
14 May 2007
Study objective: Recommendations for the treatment of emergency department (ED) patients with asymptomatic severely elevated blood pressure advise assessment for occult, acute hypertensive target-orga...
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David J. Karras,
Linda K. Kruus,
John J. Cienki,
Marlena M. Wald,
Jacob W. Ufberg,
Philip Shayne,
David A. Wald,
Katherine L. Heilpern
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 231-239
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Low Diagnostic Yield of Electrocardiogram Testing in Younger Patients With Syncope
13 June 2007
Study objective: Routine ECG testing is recommended in the evaluation of syncope, although the value of such testing in young patients is unclear. For ECG testing, we assess the diagnostic yield (freq...
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Benjamin C. Sun,
Jerome R. Hoffman,
William R. Mower,
Gil Z. Shlamovitz,
Gelarah Z. Gabayan,
Carol M. Mangione
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 240-246.e1
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Treatment of Massive Fluid Overload as a Result of Constrictive Pericarditis With Ultrafiltration in the Emergency Department
18 May 2007
We present a case of massive fluid overload as a result of chronic lupus-related constrictive pericarditis, which was treated in the emergency department (ED) with ultrafiltration. With this novel tec...
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Phillip D. Levy,
Neelima Penugonda,
Maya Guglin
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Short communication
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pages 247-250
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| Clinical Practice and Patient Safety |
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Characteristics of Patient Care Management Problems Identified in Emergency Department Morbidity and Mortality Investigations During 15 Years
15 October 2007
Study objective: We describe cases referred for physician review because of concern about quality of patient care and identify factors that contributed to patient care management problems. Methods: We...
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Karen S. Cosby,
Rebecca Roberts,
Lisa Palivos,
Christopher Ross,
Jeffrey Schaider,
Scott Sherman,
Isam Nasr,
Eileen Couture,
Moses Lee,
Shari Schabowski,
Ibrar Ahmad,
R. Douglas Scott
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 251-261.e1
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Thick Versus Thin: Description Versus Classification in Learning From Case Reviews
15 October 2007
SEE RELATED ARTICLE, P. 251.
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Robert L. Wears,
Ben-Tzion Karsh
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Editorial
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pages 262-264
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Decreasing Reimbursements for Outpatient Emergency Department Visits Across Payer Groups From 1996 to 2004
12 November 2007
Study objective: There is increasing concern that decreasing reimbursements to emergency departments (EDs) will negatively affect their functioning, but little evidence has been published identifying ...
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Renee Y. Hsia,
Donna MacIsaac,
Laurence C. Baker
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Full-length article
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pages 265-274.e5
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TelEmergency: A Novel System for Delivering Emergency Care to Rural Hospitals
31 August 2007
Providing rural emergency medical care is often difficult because of limited resources and a scarcity of medical providers, including physicians trained in emergency medicine. Telemedicine offers prom...
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Robert Galli,
John C. Keith,
Kendall McKenzie,
Gregory S. Hall,
Kristi Henderson
et al.
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pages 275-284
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| News and Perspective |
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The Many Faces of MRSA: Community-Acquired Infection Knows No Bounds
The patient, a man in his 20s, walked into the emergency department (ED) on an autumn afternoon complaining of pain from a fist-sized lump under the right corner of his jaw.
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Maryn McKenna
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News
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pages 285-288
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The Graying of America: The Impact of Aging Baby Boomers on Emergency Departments
Emergency departments (EDs), already staggering under the load of boarded inpatients, unfunded federal mandates and the uninsured, have another challenge looming on the temporal horizon.
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Eric Berger
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News
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pages 288-290
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| Infectious Disease |
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Increased US Emergency Department Visits for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections, and Changes in Antibiotic Choices, During the Emergence of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
28 January 2008
Study objective: Test the hypotheses that emergency department (ED) visits for skin and soft tissue infections became more frequent during the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant S...
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Daniel J. Pallin,
Daniel J. Egan,
Andrea J. Pelletier,
Janice A. Espinola,
David C. Hooper,
Carlos A. Camargo
et al.
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Full-length article
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pages 291-298
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MRSA: Deadly Super Bug or Just Another Staph?
28 January 2008
SEE RELATED ARTICLE, P. 291.
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David A. Talan
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Editorial
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pages 299-302
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Patient Acceptance of Rapid HIV Testing Practices in an Urban Emergency Department: Assessment of the 2006 CDC Recommendations for HIV Screening in Health Care Settings
21 January 2008
Study objective: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released revised recommendations for HIV testing in health care settings, calling for the performance of nontargeted opt-...
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Jason S. Haukoos,
Emily Hopkins,
Richard L. Byyny,
Denver Emergency Department HIV Testing Study Group
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Full-length article
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pages 303-309.e1
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Correction
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Erratum
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page 309
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Haukoos JS, Hopkins E, Byyny, RL, For the Denver Emergency Department HIV Testing Study Group Patient Acceptance of Rapid HIV Testing Practices in an Urban Emergency Department: Assessment of the 2006 CDC Recommendations for HIV Screening in Health Care Settings
Editor’s Capsule Summary: What is already known on this topic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that HIV screening be incorporated into routine care unless patients opt out, b...
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Tyler W. Barrett,
David L. Schriger
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Short communication
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pages 310-311
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Emergence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae—Massachusetts, 2001-2006
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Emergence of antimicrobial-resistant serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae—Massachusetts, 2001-2006. MMWR Mob Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007;56:1077-1080.]
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Literature alert
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pages 312-314
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Commentary
[Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:314-315.]
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Teri A. Reynolds
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Discussion
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pages 314-315
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| Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine |
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Short-term Prognosis of Stroke Among Patients Diagnosed in the Emergency Department With a Transient Ischemic Attack
26 October 2007
Study objective: It is now clear that transient ischemic attacks and strokes are different manifestations of the same disease and transient ischemic attacks are often warning signs of an impending str...
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Kaushal H. Shah,
Kenneth Kleckner,
Jonathan A. Edlow
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Full-length article
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pages 316-323
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Does This Emergency Department Patient With Headache Require Neuroimaging?
28 August 2007
This is a rational clinical examination abstract, a regular segment of Annals’ Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine (EBEM) series. Each segment features an abstract of a rational clinical examination rev...
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Shahriar Zehtabchi,
Brian Wright
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Editorial
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pages 324-327
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| Change of Shift |
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Doing What We Can With What We Have
[Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:328-329.]
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Eric G. Lowe,
Kathryn M. Lowe
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Editorial
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pages 328-329
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| Images in Emergency Medicine |
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Images in Emergency Medicine
[Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:330.]
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James F. Holmes,
Daniel P. Link,
Lynette Scherer,
Aaron E. Bair
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Short survey
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page 330
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| Correspondence |
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Analgesic Effect of Propofol?
The authors of “Clinical Practice Advisory: Emergency Department Procedural Sedation with Propofol” are commended for an excellent and comprehensive review.
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William James Phillips,
John Halpin
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Correspondence
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pages 331-332
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Trauma Management Outcomes Associated With Nonsurgeon Versus Surgeon Trauma
We would like to thank Drs. Pascual, Sarani, and Schwab for their comments and editorial overview of our recent publication concerning resuscitative trauma management by nonsurgeons versus surgeons. W...
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Jennifer M. Ahmed,
John Tallon,
David A. Petrie
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Correspondence
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pages 332-334
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Mandatory Surgeon Presence on Trauma Patient Arrival
In their editorial commenting on our findings of suboptimal predictive value for the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) “major resuscitation” trauma triage criteria, surgeons Pascual, Sarani and Schw...
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Steven M. Green,
Robert Steele
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Correspondence
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pages 334-335
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Are Surgeons Superfluous To Initial Major Trauma Resuscitations?
We thank Annals for promoting further debate of a question that remains complicated and controversial. The issue requires careful study and analysis from all before any policy changes can be considere...
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Jose Pascual,
Babak Sarani,
C. William Schwab
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Correspondence
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pages 335-338
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Hydroxocobalamin versus Thiosulfate for Cyanide Poisoning
We read with great interest the review by Hall et al, comparing thiosulfate and hydroxocobalamin as cyanide antidotes. While we agree with the authors that available evidence to compare the 2 antidote...
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William Kerns,
Michael Beuhler,
Christian Tomaszewski
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Correspondence
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pages 338-339
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An Inconvenient Truth?
The rationale for the use of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) treatment for CO-poisoned patients consists of 2 concepts.
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Christopher John Logue,
Members of the Hyperbaric Medicine Section of ACEP
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Correspondence
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pages 339-340
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In reply
The American College of Emergency Physician’s (ACEP) Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning wa...
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Stephen J. Wolf,
Edward P. Sloan,
Wyatt W. Decker
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Correspondence
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pages 340-342
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| Book and Media Reviews |
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Book review
Many emergency physicians consult an atlas when confronted with a condition that requires visual recognition like skin, eye, and oral lesions. VisualDx provides an online service designed to help clin...
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Jerrold R. Fisher
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Book review
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page 343
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| Frontmatter |
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Table of Contents
221 Increased Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department: Pain, Anxiety, or Undiagnosed Hypertension? (Original Research)
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Contents list
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page A3
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Editors
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Editorial board
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pages A15-A17
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What’s Coming in Annals • April 2008
Fight or Flight: The Ethics of Emergency Physician Disaster Response (Special Contribution) • KV Iserson, CE Heine, GL Larkin, et al
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Contents list
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page A22
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Manuscript Submission Agreement
MANUSCRIPT TITLE (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)
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Miscellaneous
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page A29
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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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Miscellaneous
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page A30
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