Author
Klaus-Dieter Lessnau, MD, FCCP Former Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Medical Director, Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory, Director of Research in Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital
Klaus-Dieter Lessnau, MD, FCCP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Dora E Izaguirre Anariba, MD, MPH Physician, Department of Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Dora E Izaguirre Anariba, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, American Public Health Association, Colegio Medico de Honduras
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Jesus Lanza, MD Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Mir Omar Ali, MD Fellow, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York University
Mir Omar Ali, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Lalit K Kanaparthi, MD Attending Physician, North Florida Lung Associates
Lalit K Kanaparthi, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Rajeshwari Chavda, MD Consulting Staff, Emergency Care Group of Northwest
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.
Chief Editor
Leslie M Randall, MD, MAS, FACS Professor and Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Diane Harris Wright Professor of Gynecologic Oncology Research, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Leslie M Randall, MD, MAS, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: Academy for Innovation in Medical Education, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, International Gynecologic Cancer Society, Society of Gynecologic Oncology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Ayesha Akhter, MD Consulting Staff, Department of Internal Medicine, Columbia Tech Center, Vancouver Clinic
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Jeffrey B Garris, MD Chief, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine
Jeffrey B Garris, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American Medical Association, American Urological Association, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Louisiana State Medical Society, Royal Society of Medicine, and Sigma Xi
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
