Author
Nader Kamangar, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Nader Kamangar, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM is a member of the following medical societies: Academy of Persian Physicians, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Physicians, American Lung Association, American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors, Association of Specialty Professors, California Sleep Society, California Thoracic Society, Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Trudeau Society of Los Angeles, World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Caleb Hsieh, MD, MS Clinical Instructor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Caleb Hsieh, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Chief Editor
Zab Mosenifar, MD, FACP, FCCP Geri and Richard Brawerman Chair in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Professor and Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, Medical Director, Women's Guild Lung Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Zab Mosenifar, MD, FACP, FCCP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Federation for Medical Research, American Thoracic Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Rebecca Bascom, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Milton S Hershey Medical Center
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Charles B Cairns, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine; Consulting Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical School and Duke Clinical Research Institute
Charles B Cairns, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Heart Association, American Thoracic Society, American Trauma Society, European Respiratory Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Lex Chen, MD Resident Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Olive View Medical Center
Lex Chen, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Miguel C Fernandez, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, FACCT Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery/Emergency Medicine and Toxicology, University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio; Medical and Managing Director, South Texas Poison Center
Miguel C Fernandez, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, FACCT is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Clinical Toxicologists, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Medical Toxicology, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and Texas Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Fred Harchelroad, MD, FACMT, FAAEM, FACEP Director of Medical Toxicology, Allegheny General Hospital
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Suzanne M Miller, MD Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, INOVA Fairfax Hospital; Chief Executive Officer, MDadmit
Suzanne M Miller, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Jeffrey S Peterson, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery/Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Hospital; Founder and Sports Medicine Physician, Innovative Sports Medicine
Jeffrey S Peterson, MD, is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Sports Medicine, Massachusetts Medical Society, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Mark D Rasmussen, MD Staff Physician, Department of Anesthesia, Naval Medical Center San Diego
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Medscape Salary Employment
Asim Tarabar, MD Assistant Professor, Director, Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Gregory Tino, MD Director of Pulmonary Outpatient Practices, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and Hospital
Gregory Tino, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, and American Thoracic Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
John T VanDeVoort, PharmD Regional Director of Pharmacy, Sacred Heart and St Joseph's Hospitals
John T VanDeVoort, PharmD is a member of the following medical societies: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.