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Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) Presenting Complaint List (Version 1.0)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Eric Grafstein*
Affiliation:
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Bernard Unger
Affiliation:
Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Que
Michael Bullard
Affiliation:
The University of Alberta Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
Grant Innes
Affiliation:
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
the Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) Working Group
Affiliation:
For a list of CEDIS Working Group members, please see end of article
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, 1081 Burrard St., Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y6; 604 806-8982, fax 801 806-8488, egrafstein@providencehealth.bc.ca

Abstract

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Type
ED Administration • L’Administration De La MU
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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