Silent Killer: Case Report of Acute Gastrostomy Tube Erosion
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Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted December 30, 2014; Accepted January 15, 2015 Electronically published February 26, 2015 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.1.25321 [West J Emerg Med. 2015;16(2):318–319.] Naval Medical Center San Diego, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California
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