Annals of emergency medicine
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To assess emergency department patients' use of alternative therapies. ⋯ Most ED patients in our sample had tried alternative therapies and among these patients, most did not inform their physicians. Herbal therapy in particular had been tried by about 1 in 4 patients. Emergency physicians should routinely question their patients regarding the use of alternative therapies, particularly herbal preparations, which may cause adverse effects.
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[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for investigation of a cluster of invasive group A streptococcal illness-Spokane, Washington, 1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1999;48:681-683.].