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Release date: May 2015
Valid through: May 2018
This educational activity is intended for critical care physicians and nurses.
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By James E. McFeely, MD,
Medical Director, Critical Care Units, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Berkeley, CA
By Linda Chlan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Symptom Management Research, The Ohio State University, College of Nursing, Columbus
By Samuel Nadler, MD, PhD
Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine, The Polyclinic Madison Center, Seattle, WA
Kathryn Radigan, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Executive Editor Leslie Coplin, AHC Media
Betty T. Tran MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Managing Editor, Leslie Hamlin, AHC Media
Associate Editors, Saadia R. Akhtar, MD, MSc, St. Luke's Idaho Pulmonary Associates, Boise
Kathryn Radigan, no relationship relevant to this field of study.
Linda Chlan, no relationship relevant to this field of study.
Elaine Chen, no relationship relevant to this field of study.
Continuing Education and Editorial Director: Lee Landenberger
Authors James E. McFeely, MD; Linda Chlan, PhD, RN, FAAN; Samuel Nadler, MD, PhD; Kathryn Radigan, MD, MSc report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.
Financial Disclosure: Critical Care Alert’s editor, Betty Tran, MD, MSc, nurse planner Leslie A. Hoffman, PhD, RN, peer reviewer William Thompson, MD, executive editor Leslie Coplin, and managing editor Leslie Hamlin report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.
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