In the CORE cohort, only ICUs that consistently contributed data over a longer period (2001 to 2006) were included, because the quality of the data from these contributing sites was likely to be more consistent than from units that were discontinuous contributors.
JLH, cofounder of the ABCFS resource, contributed data from the ABCFS, contributed to analyses and the preparation of the manuscript.
ANZICS CORE analyses outcomes data from ICUs contributing to the APD in a given year using a simple predictive mortality model, based exclusively on the APACHE III algorithm.
GGG, cofounder of the ABCFS resource, contributed data from the ABCFS and contributed to the preparation of the manuscript.
Patient demographics, diagnoses, prescriptions, procedures, laboratory testing, hospital information, service location, and billing data from >480 contributing facilities throughout the United States were captured in the database (http://www.bridgetodata.org/node/1789).org/node/1789
The startup's virtual database is a catalog of data from all contributing databases, but contains no data itself.
The limitation of the current evidence base and lack of adequate data from RCTs contributed to the recent recommendation by the UK National Screening Committee against screening for COPD [ 28], and justifies a new adequately-powered trial.
EM: provided the data from France, contributed to writing of the paper.
MM contributed to the study design, carried out the analysis and interpretation of data from the gait analysis, contributed to tissue sampling, performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript.
CA contributed data from the Australian Breast Cancer Family Study ABCFSS) resource and contributed to the preparation of the manuscript.
