Dr. Yavorsky is an attending physician at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Glauser is professor of emergency medicine at Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.

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