A knowledge translation collaborative to improve the use of therapeutic hypothermia in post-cardiac arrest patients: Protocol for a stepped wedge randomized trial

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Dainty, Katie N ^a   Scales, Damon C ^b   Brooks, Steve C ^a   Needham, Dale M ^c   Dorian, Paul ^d   Ferguson, Niall ^e,f   Rubenfeld, Gordon ^b   Wax, Randy ^g,h   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^h   Thorpe, Kevin ^a   Morrison, Laurie J ^a,f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g LAKERIDGE HEALTH CORPORATION   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651375691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-4     Document Type: Article

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