Statistical analysis plan for the Crystalloid Versus Hydroxyethyl Starch Trial (CHEST)

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-52

  Myburgh, John ^a,b,c   Li, Qiang ^a   Heritier, Stephane ^a   Dan, Arina ^a   Glass, Parisa ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HETASTARCH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84864016723     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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