Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 241-248.e1 , February 2009

Comparison of the Cerebral Performance Category Score and the Health Utilities Index for Survivors of Cardiac Arrest

  • Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Office F657, Ottawa Health Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 4E9; 613-798-5555 extension 18683, fax 613-761-5351
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  • Lisa P. Nesbitt, MHA

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Graham Nichol, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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  • Justin Maloney, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Jonathan Dreyer, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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  • Tammy Beaudoin, CCHRA

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Josée Blackburn, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • George A. Wells, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • OPALS Study Group

Received 13 August 2007 ,Revised 17 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 March 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Theodore R. Delbridge, MD, MPH

 Author contributions: IGS and LPN conceived the study, designed the trial, and obtained research funding. IGS and LPN supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. LPN, IGS, GN, JM, JD, TB, and JB undertook recruitment of participating centers and patients and managed the data, including quality control. IGS, LPN, and GAW provided statistical advice on study design and analyzed the data. LPN drafted the article and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. IGS 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 study was funded by peer-reviewed grants from the Emergency Health Services Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Dr. Ian Stiell holds a Distinguished Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

 Publication date: Available online May 1, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00610-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.03.018

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 241-248.e1 , February 2009

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