Detailed statistical analysis plan for the target temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nielsen, Niklas ^a,b   Winkel, Per ^c   Cronberg, Tobias ^b,d   Erlinge, David ^b,d   Friberg, Hans ^b,d   Gasche, Yvan ^e   Hassager, Christian ^c   Horn, Janneke ^f   Hovdenes, Jan ^g   Kjaergaard, Jesper ^c   Kuiper, Michael ^h   Pellis, Tommaso ⁱ   Stammet, Pascal ^j   Wanscher, Michael ^c   Wise, Matt P ^k   Åneman, Anders ^l   Wetterslev, Jørn ^c  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h Intensive Care Unit   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Intensive Care Unit   (Italy)

^j Centre Hospitalier   (Luxembourg)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^l LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Induced hypothermia; Mortality; Neurological function; Randomized clinical trial; Statistical analysis plan; Targeted temperature management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBRAL PERFORMANCE CATEGORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOREGULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883892607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-300     Document Type: Article

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