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COMMENTARY

X-ray Flip.

Shapiro MJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

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Code Status Confusion.

Lo B, Tulsky JA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2003.

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The Dropped Lung.

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

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Ruptured Heterotopic Pregnancy.

Cedars MI. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

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Crushing Chest Pain: A Missed Opportunity.

Graber M. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

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Undiagnosed Vaginal Bleeding.

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

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Lethal Vertigo.

Furman JM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.

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Missed Appendicitis.

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

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Triage Time Bomb.

Washington DL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

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Don't Push.

Meltzer HY. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. November 2003.

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Delay in Initiating Antibiotics Leads to Fatal Error.

Bellini LM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

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To LP or not LP.

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

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Transfusion "Slip".

Kaplan HS. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

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Autopsy Revelation.

Shojania KG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

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Back to Basics

Hellman R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

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Bloody BP Cuff.

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

STUDY

Utility of clinical examination in the diagnosis of emergency department patients admitted to the department of medicine of an academic hospital.

Paley L, Zornitzki T, Cohen J, Friedman J, Kozak N, Schattner A. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1394-1396.

COMMENTARY

Missing Trauma.

Jurkovich GJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2009.

STUDY

National study on the frequency, types, causes, and consequences of voluntarily reported emergency department medication errors.

Pham JC, Story JL, Hicks RW, et al. J Emerg Med. 2011;40:485-492.

STUDY

Error in body weight estimation leads to inadequate parenteral anticoagulation.

Dos Reis Macedo LG, de Oliveira L, Pintão MC, Garcia AA, Pazin-Filho A. Am J Emerg Med. 2011;29:613-617.

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