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COMMENTARY

Discharge Fumbles.

Forster A. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.

COMMENTARY

Missed Appendicitis.

Adams JG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

STUDY

Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed malpractice claims from 4 liability insurers.

Kachalia A, Gandhi TK, Puopolo AL, et al. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;49:196-205.

COMMENTARY

The Dropped Lung.

Heffner JE. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.

COMMENTARY

Getting to the Root of the Matter

Flanders SA, Saint S. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2005.

COMMENTARY

Right? Left? Neither!

Howell EA, Chassin MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.

COMMENTARY

The Worst Headache.

Edlow JA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2004.

COMMENTARY

Undiagnosed Vaginal Bleeding.

Mandelblatt J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

COMMENTARY

Recurrent Hypoglycemia: A Care Transition Failure?

Eytan T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2008.

STUDY

Design and trial of a new ambulance-to-emergency department handover protocol: 'IMIST-AMBO.'

Iedema R, Ball C, Daly B, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:627-633.

STUDY

Emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events: demonstration for a national surveillance system.

Budnitz DS, Pollock DA, Mendelsohn AB, Weidenbach KN, McDonald AK, Annest JL. Ann Emerg Med. 2005;45:197-206.

STUDY

The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric prescription errors in an academic emergency department.

Pacheco GS, Viscusi C, Hays DP, Woolridge DP. J Emerg Med. 2012;43:e343-e348.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Death of a boy prompts new medical efforts nationwide.

Dwyer J. New York Times. October 25, 2012.

STUDY

Interruptions in a level one trauma center: a case study.

Brixey JJ, Tang Z, Robinson DJ, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:235-241.

STUDY

The effect on medication errors of pharmacists charting medication in an emergency department.

Vasileff HM, Whitten LE, Pink JA, Goldsworthy SJ, Angley MT. Pharm World Sci. 2009;31:373-379.

STUDY

Teamwork errors in trauma resuscitation.

Sarcevic A, Marsic I, Burd RS. ACM Trans Comput Hum Interact. 2012;19:13:1-13:30.

COMMENTARY

Lost in Transition

Beach C. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. Febuary 2006.

COMMENTARY

XL or Smaller?

Kozer E. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

COMMENTARY

Bloody BP Cuff.

Madan AK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.

COMMENTARY

To LP or not LP.

Landrigan CP. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2003.

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