Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 227-235 , September 2006

Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Point-of-Care, Limited Ultrasonography for Trauma in the Emergency Department: The First Sonography Outcomes Assessment Program Trial

Presented orally at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, October 2004, San Francisco, CA.

  • Lawrence A. Melniker, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Lawrence A. Melniker, MD, MS, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, 506 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215-9008; 718-780-5041, fax 718-780-3153
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  • Evan Leibner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
    • ,
  • Mark G. McKenney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Surgery, Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
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  • Peter Lopez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Surgery, Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
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  • William M. Briggs, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
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  • Carol A. Mancuso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Received 6 October 2004 ,Revised 19 December 2005 ,Accepted 6 January 2006.

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 Supervising editor: David T. Overton, MD, MBAAuthor contributions: LAM, WMB, and CAM conceived the study and designed the trial. LAM and CAM supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. EL, MGM, and PL undertook recruitment of participating centers and patients and managed the data, including quality control. WMB provided statistical advice on study design and analyzed the data. LAM drafted the manuscript, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. LAM takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: All funding was intramural from New York Methodist Hospital Research Committee.Publication dates: Available online May 2, 2006.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00018-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.01.008

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 227-235 , September 2006

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