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  1. Ellen J Weber⇑
  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ellen J Weber; ellen.weber{at}ucsf.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-206797

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    Editor’s note: EMJ has partnered with the journals of multiple international emergency medicine societies to share from each a highlighted research study, as selected by their editors. This edition will feature an abstract from each publication.

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    The official journal of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine, the Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania, the Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa, the Egyptian Society of Emergency Medicine, the Libyan Emergency Medicine Association, the Ethiopian Society of Emergency Medicine Professionals, the Sudanese Emergency Medicine Society, the Botswana Society for Emergency Care, the Society of Emergency Medicine Practitioners of Nigeria and the Rwanda Emergency Care Association

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