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Wasp Stings: Multimedia

Author: Carl A Mealie, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Medical Director of Emergency Care Institute, Chief of Clinical Operations, Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Coauthor(s): Alan S Multz, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Max Vernon Wisgerhof, MD, Fellowship Program Director, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Henry Ford Hospital
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Updated: Jun 17, 2009

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Keywords

wasp stings, wasp, wasp insect, bee stings, insect stings, wasp venom, Hymenoptera stings, Hymenoptera bites, yellow jacket stings, wasp envenomation, Vespidae stings, urticaria, Hymenoptera, Vespidae, wasp bite

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Author

Carl A Mealie, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Medical Director of Emergency Care Institute, Chief of Clinical Operations, Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Carl A Mealie, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, New York Academy of Medicine, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Alan S Multz, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Alan S Multz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and Society of Critical Care Medicine
Disclosure: Astellas Pharmaceutical Honoraria Consulting; Merck Pharmaceutical Honoraria Speaking and teaching; The Medicines Company Honoraria Consulting; Schering Plough Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Pfizer Honoraria Speaking and teaching

Max Vernon Wisgerhof, MD, Fellowship Program Director, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Henry Ford Hospital
Max Vernon Wisgerhof, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Diabetes Association, American Thyroid Association, and Endocrine Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Lisa Kirkland, MD, FACP, CNSP, MSHA, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic; ANW Intensivists, Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Lisa Kirkland, MD, FACP, CNSP, MSHA is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and Society of Hospital Medicine
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Pharmacy Editor

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
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CME Editor

Timothy D Rice, MD, Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Timothy D Rice, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Jonathan Adler, MD, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Adler, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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