Out-of-hospital hypertonic resuscitation after traumatic hypovolemic shock: a randomized, placebo controlled trial.

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Published in Ann Surg on March 01, 2011

Authors

Eileen M Bulger1, Susanne May, Jeffery D Kerby, Scott Emerson, Ian G Stiell, Martin A Schreiber, Karen J Brasel, Samuel A Tisherman, Raul Coimbra, Sandro Rizoli, Joseph P Minei, J Steven Hata, George Sopko, David C Evans, David B Hoyt, ROC investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ebulger@u.washington.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Hypertonic Resuscitation Following Traumatic Injury | NCT00316017

Plasma Cytochrome c as Biomarker of Traumatic Injury and Predictor of Outcome | NCT02440373

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