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Turandot Saul, MD Fellowship Director, Ultrasound Division, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital

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The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous author Kyle Hsu, MD, to the development and writing of the source article.