Author
Kwame Donkor, MD Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View Internal Medicine, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
Kwame Donkor, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Scott Lundberg, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Departments of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Olive View Medical Center
Scott Lundberg, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Physicians, Society of General Internal Medicine, Association of Program Directors in Internal 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.
Mark L Plaster, MD, JD Executive Editor, Emergency Physicians Monthly
Mark L Plaster, MD, JD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians
Disclosure: Received ownership interest from M L Plaster Publishing Co LLC for management position.
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
Mark Louden, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine
Mark Louden, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the medical review of this article by Joseph U Becker, MD.
The authors and editors of Medscape Reference also gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous author, Eric L Weiss, MD, to the development and writing of this article.
