The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 12 , Pages 1088-1092 , December 2009

A Fall in Ghana

  • Michael Eberlein, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
    • Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Michael Eberlein, MD, PhD, Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Room 2C145, Bethesda, MD 20892-1662
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  • Mayy F. Chahla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Sammy A. Baierlein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, St. Claraspital, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Richard T. Mahon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md

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 Aimee K. Zaas, MD, Section Editor

 Funding: The authors had no source of funding.

 Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

 Authorship: The work presented herein is original and all authors meet the criteria for authorship. All authors had access to the data and a role in writing the manuscript and accept responsibility for the scientific content of the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00771-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.09.002

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 12 , Pages 1088-1092 , December 2009

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