Author
Jorge Flores, MD Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital Center, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Jorge Flores, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Audrey J Tan, DO Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Kings County Hospital Center
Audrey J Tan, DO is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Ninfa Mehta, MD, MPH Clinical Assistant Professor, Ultrasound Fellowship Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Ninfa Mehta, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, 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.
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
Michael Glick, DMD Dean, University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
Michael Glick, DMD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Oral Medicine, American Dental Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Mazen J El-Sayed, MD Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Mark W Fourre, MD Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Vermont School of Medicine; Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
A Antoine Kazzi, MD Deputy Chief of Staff, American University of Beirut Medical Center; Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
A Antoine Kazzi, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.