Waiver of consent in noninterventional, observational emergency research: The PROMMTT experience

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1 SUPPL1, 2013, Pages

  Fox, Erin E ^a   Bulger, Eileen M ^f   Dickerson, Aisha S ^a   Del Junco, Deborah J ^b   Klotz, Patricia ^f   Podbielski, Jeanette ^b   Matijevic, Nena ^b   Brasel, Karen J ^g   Holcomb, John B ^b   Schreiber, Martin A ^h   Cotton, Bryan A ^b   Phelan, Herb A ^e   Cohen, Mitchell J ⁱ   Myers, John G ^d   Alarcon, Louis H ^j   Muskat, Peter ^k   Wade, Charles E ^b   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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Author keywords

Massive transfusion; PROMMTT; Trauma; Waiver of consent

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESUSCITATION; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84880439889     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31828fa3a0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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