All study procedures and primary data collection is performed by the CTDN Transplant Coordinators who are responsible for the clinical management of the organ donor onsite at the hospital.
Antigen retrieval procedures and primary antibodies are listed in Table 1.
This is in line with hospital safety procedures and primary care priority intervention.
Antigen retrieval procedures and primary antibodies used for immunohistochemistry are listed in Table 2.
Subgroup analyses will be performed comparing the use of sutures and staples in trauma versus elective procedures and primary versus revision procedures as appropriate.
Studies have shown that less common procedures (e.g. hand surgery) and revision surgery have lower registration rates than common procedures and primary surgery (Espehaug et al. 2006).
The study protocol was reviewed and approved by all participating institutions' ethical review boards (www.ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00121459); detailed trial procedures and primary results have been published elsewhere [ 15].
While coding of procedures and primary diagnoses in the hospital episode statistics is fairly complete, coding of secondary diagnoses (used for several AHRQ indicators) is less complete, hence the adverse outcome rates are likely to be underestimated.
Both ICD-9 procedure codes and primary ICD-9 diagnostic codes (Table 2) from admissions in this indication category were reviewed.
This study describes the proposed hierarchical procedure and the primary treatment selection prototype.
