From the *Division of Burn, Trauma and Critical Care; Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; †Clinical Trials Center, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ‡Section of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama—Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; §Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON; ¶Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery; Department of Sugery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; ∥Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; **Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ††Department of Surgery, University of California—Irvine, Irvine, CA; and ‡‡University of Washington-Harborview Center for Prehospital Emergency Care, Department of Medicine; and, Clinical Trials Center, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
The Resuscitation Outcome Consortium (ROC) is supported by a series of cooperative agreements to 10 regional clinical centers and 1 data coordinating center (5U01 HL077863; HL077881; HL077871; HL077872; HL077866; HL077867; HL077885; HL077887; HL077873; HL077908; HL077865) from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in partnership with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, US Army Medical Research & Material Command, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)—Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, Defense Research and Development Canada, the American Heart Association and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Dr. Minei had full access to all the data in the study and takes full responsibility for the integrity of the data and accuracy of the data analyses.
Reviewed and approved by a representative of the National Institutes of Health.
The Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium formed this author group to write this paper. All authors listed had substantial input in the design, analysis, writing, editing, and final manuscript development. All authors approved this final submitted version.
The funding organization had no role in the design, collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data or the preparation of the manuscript.
Reprints: Joseph P. Minei, MD, MBA, Department of Surgery/BTCC, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390–9158. E-mail: [email protected].
