Design, conduct, analysis and reporting of a multi-national placebo-controlled trial of activated protein C for persistent septic shock.

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Published in Intensive Care Med on October 07, 2008

Authors

Simon Finfer1, V Marco Ranieri, B Taylor Thompson, Philip S Barie, Jean-François Dhainaut, Ivor S Douglas, Bengt Gårdlund, John C Marshall, Andrew Rhodes

Author Affiliations

1: Critical Care and Trauma, The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. sfinfer@george.org.au

Associated clinical trials:

Activated Protein C and Corticosteroids for Human Septic Shock (APROCCHS) | NCT00625209

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