From the aDepartment of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO; bDepartment of Surgery, Memorial-Hermann Hospital, University of Texas, Houston, TX; cDepartment of Surgery, Regional Medical Center at Memphis-Elvis Presley Trauma Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN; dDepartment of Surgery, University of Kentucky Medical Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; eDepartment of Surgery, Christiana Hospital, Christiana, DE; fDepartment of Surgery, University of California San Diego Medical Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; gDepartment of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA; hDepartment of Surgery, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; iDepartment of Surgery, Wishard Memorial Hospital, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; jDepartment of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Penn State University, Allentown, PA; kDepartment of Surgery, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; lDepartment of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; mNorthfield Laboratories Inc, Rush University, Evanston, IL; nNorthfield Laboratories Inc, Evanston, IL; oUniversity of Illinois, Chicago, IL
*Correspondence address: Ernest E Moore, MD, Denver Health Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 666 Bannock St, Unit 3, Denver, CO 80204
Received August 6, 2008; Revised September 17, 2008; Accepted September 22, 2008.
Disclosure Information: The following authors have a financial interest in Northfield Laboratories Inc in the form of stock and/or salary: George A Hides, Laurel A Omert, Steven A Gould. All other authors have no financial interest in Northfield Laboratories Inc. Clinical Trials identifier for the Northfield Laboratories sponsored trial:NCT00076648.
Authors in the PolyHeme Study Group are listed in the Appendix.
Abstract presented at the American College of Surgeons 93rd Annual Clinical Congress, New Orleans, LA, October 2007.
