A 64-year-old Man Admitted to the Emergency Department with an Unusual Case of Intestinal Obstruction: Decision-making in the Emergency Department

Overview

Journal Intern Emerg Med

Publisher Springer

Specialties Emergency Medicine
General Medicine

Date 2008 Jun 27

PMID 18581198

Citations 3

Authors

Jessica Attene

Giuseppe Pepe

Simone Vanni

Melisenda Chiarlone

Beatrice Dilaghi

Stefano Grifoni

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