Author
Adhi Sharma, MD Medical Toxicology Consultant, New York City Poison Control Center
Adhi Sharma, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Medical Toxicology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Lemeneh Tefera, MD, FAAEM Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center
Lemeneh Tefera, MD, FAAEM is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Aman Aminzay, MD Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Aman Aminzay, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Chief Editor
Gil Z Shlamovitz, MD, FACEP Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California; Chief Medical Information Officer, Keck Medicine of USC
Gil Z Shlamovitz, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
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.
Acknowledgements
John G Benitez, MD, MPH, FACMT, FAACT, FACPM, FAAEM, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Managing Director, Tennessee Poison Center
John G Benitez, MD, MPH, FACMT, FAACT, FACPM, FAAEM, is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Medical Toxicology, American College of Preventive Medicine, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, and Wilderness Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
David C Lee, MD Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor, North Shore University Hospital and New York University Medical School
David C Lee, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Medical Toxicology, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
John T VanDeVoort, PharmD Regional Director of Pharmacy, Sacred Heart & 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.
Acknowledgments
The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the medical review of this article by Lada Kokan, MD.
