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Evidence-Based Emergency Care
Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules
Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rule s . . Pines and
. Everett. 2008 Jesse M. Pines and Worth W. Everett, ISBN: 978-1-4051-5400-0.
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To our wives, Lori and Linda, for their support, and to all the emergency
doctors and nurses who work tirelessly and selflessly to provide the best
patient care.
. and .
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Evidence-Based
Emergency Care
Diagnostic Testing and
Clinical Decision Rules
Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, USA
Worth W. Everett, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, USA
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