The MRC CRASH trial: Study design, baseline data, and outcome in 1000 randomised patients in the pilot phase

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 510-514

  Braet, V ^a   Mazairac, G ^b   Jacques, J ^c   Arango, M F ^d   Svoboda, P ^e   Ochmann, J ^e   Kantorova, I ^e   Scheer, P ^e   Burger J ^f   Edelmann, K ^g   Kramar, F ^h   Plunkett, P ⁱ   MacMahon, G ⁱ   Gaab, M ^j   Kleist, W ^j   Myrianthefs, P ^k   Abdullah, J ^l   Ghazaime, G ^l   Ariff, A ^l   Abdullah, M ^l   Zamzuri, I ^l   Saufi, A ^l   Ghani, A ^l   Tan, J ^m   Trenkler, S ⁿ   Nachaj, R ⁿ   Hartzenberg, B ^o   Nathoo, N ^p   Khumalo, S ^p   Munoz Sanchez M A ^q   Flores Cordero, J M ^q   Murillo, F ^q   Laloe V ^r   Perera, S ^s   Stocker, R ^t   Ludwig, S ^t   Sauerland, A ^t   Richardson, J ^u   Gallagher, C ^u   Pennycook, A ^v   Bleetman, A ^w   Pantrini, S ^w   Clark, C ^x   Riding, S ^x   Stell, I ^y   Ali, K ^z   Greenwood, S ^z   Wilson, P ^aa   Iddles, L ^aa   Moore, D ^ab   Murali, K ^ab   Brayley, N ^ac   Taha El Amin, O ^ac   Lynch, J ^ac   Waters, M ^ad   Sampson, J ^ad   Chikhani, C ^ae   Cottingham, R ^af   Funnell, S ^af   Mardel, S ^ag   Shaw, A ^ag   Waddington, W ^ag   Hulse, W ^ah   Crossley, J ^ah   Lomas, G ^ai   Yates, D ^ai   Zoltie, N ^aj   Lewis, R ^aj   Morrice, A ^ak   Allonby Neve, C ^ak   Eljamel, S ^al   Stuart, J ^am   Roberts, T ^am   Mason, S ^an   Loveday, I ^an   Saha, A ^ao   Pennell, A ^ao   McPhee, D ^ao   Wasserberg, J ^ap   Shale, H ^ap   Dorani, B ^aq   Jones, A ^ar   Perez, R ^ar   Pinto, A ^as   Lee, D ^as   Flavin, B ^at   Fogg, B ^at   Jaffey, L ^au   Graves, M ^au   Luthra, P ^av   Dixon, G ^av   Green, M ^aw   Smith, J ^aw   Southworth, S ^ax   Butler, J ^ax   Young, M ^ax   Summers, C ^ay   Katiff, L ^ay   Graham, S ^az   Brown, T ^az   Bathgate, S ^az   more..

^a A Z Kliena Hospital   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Regional de Namur   (Belgium)

^c Department of Clinical Biology   (Belgium)

^d Clinica Las Americas   (United States)

^e Research Inst Traumatology Surgery   (Czech Republic)

^f Hospital Pribram   (Czech Republic)

^g Masaryk Hospital Usti n L   (Czech Republic)

^h CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ St James s University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^k KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^m NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

ⁿ Reimann Hospital   (Slovakia)

^o STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^p Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

^q HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^r Batticaloa General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^s NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^t UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^u ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^v ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^w BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^x ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^y Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^z Dept of Orthoped and Trauma Surg   (United Kingdom)

^aa CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ab City Hospital   (United States)

^ac O and G   (United Kingdom)

^ad Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^ae DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^af EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ag FURNESS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ah HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ai HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^aj LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^ak MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^al UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^am NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^an Northern General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^ao PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ap QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^aq QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ar Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^as ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^at ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^au ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^av ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^aw SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ax STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ay TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^az WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATEMESIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OCCLUSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PETECHIA; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036850765     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.6.510     Document Type: Article

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