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Author: Frank L Christopher, MD, FAAEM, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Womack Army Medical Center.

Coauthor(s): Robert R Westermeyer II, MD FAAEM, Chief, Acute Care, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Thomas Rebbecchi, MD, FAAEM, Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

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