Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 232-241.e1 , September 2008

Out-of-Hospital Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation Versus Usual Care in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Presented at the International Congress of Emergency Medicine, June 2006, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  • James Thompson, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • David A. Petrie, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: David A. Petrie, MD, FRCPC, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 2Y9; 902-473-8959, fax 902-494-1625
    • ,
  • Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz, PhD (C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Darrell J. Bardua, ACP

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Health Services, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Received 6 February 2007 ,Revised 18 October 2007 ,Accepted 9 January 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Theodore R. Delbridge, MD, MPH

 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. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This study protocol was approved by Capital District Health Authority Research Ethics Board. Their file number is CDHA 2000-305, Clinical Trials.gov Identifier NCT00405314.

 Author contributions: JT, DAP, SA-S, and DJB conceived and designed the trial. JT, DAP, SA-S, and DJB obtained the funding. JT, DAP, SA-S, and DJB supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. SA-S supervised management of the data, including quality control. JT, DAP, and DJB supervised the recruitment by paramedics. SA-S provided statistical advice on study design and statistical methodology and conducted descriptive data analyses. JT drafted the first copy of the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revisions. JT and DAP take responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Publication date: Available online April 3, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00032-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.01.006

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 232-241.e1 , September 2008

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