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Release date: November 2016
Valid through: November 2019
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Alexander Niven, MD
Senior Associate Consultant
Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Eric Walter, MD, MSc
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Northwest Permanente and Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
Portland, OR
Samuel Nadler, MD, PhD
Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine
The Polyclinic Madison Center
Seattle
Clinical Instructor
University of Washington
Seattle
Editors
Executive Editor, Leslie Coplin, AHC Media
Physician Editor, Betty T. Tran MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Assistant Editor, Jonathan Springston, AHC Media
Senior Accreditations Officer, Lee Landenberger, AHC Media
Reviewers
Peer Reviewer, William Thompson, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
Nurse Planner, Jane Guttendorf, DNP, RN, CRNP, ACNPBC, CCRN, Assistant Professor, Acute Care & Tertiary Care, University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing
Critical Care Alert’s Physician Editor Betty Tran, MD, MSc, Nurse Planner Jane Guttendorf, DNP, RN, CRNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, Peer Reviewer William Thompson, MD, Executive Editor Leslie Coplin, and Assistant Editor Jonathan Springston report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.
Drs. Niven, Walter, and Nadler report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.
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