Author
Rodolfo D Loureiro, MD Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rodolfo D Loureiro, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association, Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians, Orange County Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Carlo L Rosen, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Program Director, Vice Chair for Education, Associate Director of Medical Education, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Carlo L Rosen, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Specialty Editor Board
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. for: Medscape.
Barry J Sheridan, DO Chief Warrior in Transition Services, Brooke Army Medical Center
Barry J Sheridan, DO is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Chief Editor
Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor, III, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Attending Physician / Clinical Instructor, Compliance Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine, Prisma Health Richland Hospital
Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor, III, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, Columbia Medical Society, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians, South Carolina Medical Association
Disclosure: Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant or trustee for: Employed contractor - Chief Editor for Medscape.
Additional Contributors
Jason K Wong, MD Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jefferson Regional Medical Center
Jason K Wong, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Anil Shukla, MD Staff Physician, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Lee Stuart Jacobson, MD, PhD Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Lee Stuart Jacobson, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Xiao Wang, MD Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Michelle Ervin, MD Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Howard University Hospital
Michelle Ervin, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, National Medical Association, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Wende R Reenstra-Buras, MD, PhD Associate Director of Basic Science Research, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
N Ewen Wang, MD Consulting Staff, Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University Hospital
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.