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  Vol. 295 No. 19, May 17, 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Cocktails for Two

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To the Editor: When I was told that something I wrote1 was cited in the Clinical Review of chest pain history in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes by Drs Swap and Nagurney,2 I read the article eagerly. It's always flattering to have someone reference your work. I was basking in a glow of anticipation as I read the section on the "GI cocktail" when I was suddenly blindsided by the realization that in the cited article, I didn't write what was attributed to me. At that point I needed a GI cocktail . . . or maybe a real cocktail. It would seem that my work was from the 1970s, a time when I was still mostly in college. I may have needed a GI cocktail on occasion then as well, but I certainly didn't write about them. It also would appear that I endorsed the idea of using the GI cocktail to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Keith Wrenn, MD
keith.wrenn@vanderbilt.edu
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tenn







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