From the Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research Design Core (M.H.R., D.J.d.J., H.H., E.E.F., X.Z.), Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences; Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences (M.H.R.), School of Public Health; and Center for Translational Injury Research, Division of Acute Care Surgery (D.J.d.J, C.E.W., B.A.C., J.B.H.), Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston; Department of Biostatistics (J.N.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston, Houston; Division of Burn/Trauma/Critical Care (H.A.P.), Department of Surgery,Medical School, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas; Division of Trauma (J.G.M.), Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery (M.A.S.), School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Trauma and Critical Care (K.J.B.), Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Trauma and Critical Care (E.M.B.), Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Division of General Surgery (M.J.C.), Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Division of Trauma and General Surgery (L.H.A.), Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Division of Trauma/Critical Care (P.M.), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
These data were presented at the PROMMTT Symposium held at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) on September 10–15, 2012, in Kauai, Hawaii.
The sponsors did not have any role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the article; or the decision to submit this article for publication.
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Address for reprints: Mohammad H. Rahbar, PhD, Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research Design Core, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas; email: [email protected].
