Contrast CT Scans in the Emergency Department Do Not Increase Risk of Adverse Renal Outcomes
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Section Editor: Shahram Lotfipour, MD, MPH Submission history: Submitted October 20, 2015; Revision received March 25, 2016; Accepted April 8, 2016 Electronically published June 29, 2016 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2016.4.28994 Icahn School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York, New York Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York, New York Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey *
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دوره 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016