Contributors Disclosures

Contributors

Dr. Larsen, Dr. Weathers, and Dr. Schwartzwald are emergency medicine residents at Wayne State University Department of Emergency Medicine, Sinai-Grace Hospital/Detroit Medical Center. Dr. Barton is the residency director of Sinai-Grace Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, and President-elect of the Michigan College of Emergency Physicians. Medical Editor Dr. Robert C. Solomon is an attending emergency physician at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Waynesburg, Pa., and clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Disclosures

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards and American College of Emergency Physicians policy, contributors and editors must disclose to the program audience the existence of significant financial interests in or relationships with manufacturers of commercial products that might have a direct interest in the subject matter. Dr. Larson, Dr. Weathers, Dr. Schwartzwald, Dr. Barton, and Dr. Solomon have disclosed that they have no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies that pertain to this educational activity.

“Focus On: Dialysis Access Emergencies” has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the

ACCME. ACEP is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. ACEP designates this educational activity for a maximum of one Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he or she actually spent in the educational activity. “Focus On: Dialysis Access Emergencies” is approved by ACEP for one ACEP Category 1 credit.

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