Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 253-257 , July 2005

Improved Documentation of Wound Care With a Structured Encounter Form in the Pediatric Emergency Department

  • John T. Kanegaye, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to John T. Kanegaye, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital and Health Center, 3020 Children's Way, MC 5075, San Diego, CA 92123-4282
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  • Jerry C. Cheng, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Emergency Medicine (Drs Kanegaye, McCaslin, and Trocinski) and Research Center (Ms Silva), Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, Calif; and the Department of Pediatrics (Drs Kanegaye and McCaslin) and School of Medicine (Dr Cheng), University of California, San Diego, Calif
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  • R. Ian McCaslin, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Emergency Medicine (Drs Kanegaye, McCaslin, and Trocinski) and Research Center (Ms Silva), Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, Calif; and the Department of Pediatrics (Drs Kanegaye and McCaslin) and School of Medicine (Dr Cheng), University of California, San Diego, Calif
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  • Douglas Trocinski, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Emergency Medicine (Drs Kanegaye, McCaslin, and Trocinski) and Research Center (Ms Silva), Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, Calif; and the Department of Pediatrics (Drs Kanegaye and McCaslin) and School of Medicine (Dr Cheng), University of California, San Diego, Calif
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  • Patricia D. Silva, MS

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Emergency Medicine (Drs Kanegaye, McCaslin, and Trocinski) and Research Center (Ms Silva), Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, Calif; and the Department of Pediatrics (Drs Kanegaye and McCaslin) and School of Medicine (Dr Cheng), University of California, San Diego, Calif

Received 9 November 2004 ,Accepted 27 February 2005.

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 This work was presented orally at the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (Region IX, X) Meeting, Carmel, Calif, February 11, 2001, and in poster format before the Ambulatory Pediatric Association Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Md, April 29, 2001.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S1530-1567(05)60212-2

doi: 10.1367/A04-196R.1

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 253-257 , July 2005

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