The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 423-428 , May 2007

Utilization of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAS) by Pediatric and Emergency Medicine Residents

Abstract presented as a poster at the annual meeting of the American Pediatric Society-Society for Pediatric Research, San Francisco, California, May 2004, and at the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Orlando, Florida, May 2004.

  • Abu N.G.A. Khan, MD, MSC

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Abu N.G.A. Khan, md, msc, 300 West 261st Street, Riverdale, NY 10471
    • ,
  • Joshua Frank, MD

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Rajesh Geria, MD

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Steven Davidson, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Received 17 December 2004 ,Revised 21 November 2005 ,Accepted 9 August 2006.

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 Computers in Emergency Medicine is coordinated by James Killeen, md, of the University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California

PII: S0736-4679(07)00213-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.08.020

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 423-428 , May 2007

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