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Optimising follow up and outcome assessments in traumatic brain injury trials

Authors: LJ Murray, JD Cooper, JV Rosenfeld, Y Arabi, A Davies, P D'Urso, T Kossmann, J Ponsford, P Reilly, I Seppelt, R Wolfe, S Vallance, B Howe, M Alkishi

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Traumatic brain injury studies predominantly use an assessment of neurological function some time after hospital discharge as the primary endpoint. Recent studies have followed up patients at 6 months after injury with very variable loss to follow up [1, 2]. We have established an outcome process that minimises loss to follow up and maximises the quality of the outcome assessment. …

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Title: Optimising follow up and outcome assessments in traumatic brain injury trials
Authors: LJ Murray
JD Cooper
JV Rosenfeld
Y Arabi
A Davies
P D'Urso
T Kossmann
J Ponsford
P Reilly
I Seppelt
R Wolfe
S Vallance
B Howe
M Alkishi
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9734

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