The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 359-368 , November 2009

Emergency Department Children Are Not as Sick as Adults: Implications for Critical Care Skills Retention in an Exclusively Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice

  • Steven M. Green, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Address: Steven M. Green, md, Loma Linda University Medical Center A-108, 11234 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354
    • ,
  • Jason Ruben, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California

Received 4 September 2006 ,Revised 6 March 2007 ,Accepted 22 May 2007.

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PII: S0736-4679(07)00484-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.05.048

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 359-368 , November 2009

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