American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 540-544, June 2007

Risk tolerance for the exclusion of potentially life-threatening diseases in the ED

  • Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Ground Ravdin, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Tel.: +1 215 662 4050.
    • ,
  • Demian Szyld, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Received 1 September 2006; received in revised form 4 October 2006; accepted 13 October 2006.

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PII: S0735-6757(06)00437-2

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2006.10.011

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 540-544, June 2007

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