EditorialGuidelines for preparedness of emergency departments that care for children: A call to action*,**
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Acknowledgements
We thank Robert W. Schafermeyer, MD, and Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD, for their review of this editorial.
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This editorial also appears in the April 2001 issue of Pediatrics.
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