Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 329-336.e35 , September 2009

A Graphic Reanalysis of the NINDS Trial

  • Jerome R. Hoffman, MD, MA

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Jerome Hoffman, MD, MA, 924 Westwood Blvd, Ste 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024; 310-794-0573, Fax 310-794-0599
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  • David L. Schriger, MD, MPH

Received 26 March 2008 ,Revised 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 27 January 2009.

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 Supervising editors: Donald M. Yealy, MD; Michael L. Callaham, MD

 Drs. Yealy and Callaham were the supervising editors on this article. Dr. Schriger did not participate in the editorial review or decision to publish this article.

 Author contributions: JRH and DLS conceived the research and evaluated the data. DLS constructed the graphs. JRH wrote the first draft of the article. Both reviewed and contributed to the article. JRH and DLS take responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Dr. Schriger was supported in part by an unrestricted gift from the Korein Foundation.

 Publication date: Available online May 23, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00281-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.019

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 329-336.e35 , September 2009

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