Dr. Peterson is a resident in the emergency department at Northwestern University’s Memorial Hospital. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine in 2011. Dr. Aldeen is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and an attending physician in the emergency department at Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Robert Solomon is Medical Editor of ACEP News and editor of the Focus On series, core faculty in the emergency medicine residency at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

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Dr. Peterson, Dr. Aldeen, and Dr. Solomon have disclosed that they have no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies that pertain to this article.

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