Local Media Influence on Opting Out From an Exception From Informed Consent Trial

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 Author contributions: MJN, NMD, TS, DZ, and CDN participated in study design. LH was responsible for media communication from trial investigators. DG was in charge of opt-out bracelet distribution and community interaction. MJN and NMD were data abstractors, and TS mediated. MJN and CDN performed the statistical analyses. TS, MD, and CDN are local investigators in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. All authors participated in article planning and writing and approved the final article. MJN and CDN had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. MJN takes 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. This publication was made possible with support from the following sources: Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (#UL1 RR024140, the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research); and the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Training Grant (#U01/HL-04-001, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), and the ROC cooperative grants. The ROC is supported by a series of cooperative agreements to 10 regional clinical centers and 1 data coordinating center (5U01 HL077863, HL077881, HL077871 HL077872, HL077866, HL077908, HL077867, HL077885, HL077885, HL077863) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, in partnership with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, US Army Medical Research and Material Command, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, Defence Research and Development Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and the American Heart Association. The ROC Publications Committee reviewed and approved this manuscript.

 Publication date: Available online August 13, 2009.

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PII: S0196-0644(09)00606-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.05.028