The importance of usual care control groups for safety monitoring and validity during critical care research

Intensive Care Med. 2008 May;34(5):942-7. doi: 10.1007/s00134-008-0999-6. Epub 2008 Jan 23.

Authors

Peter C Minneci¹, Peter Q Eichacker, Robert L Danner, Steven M Banks, Charles Natanson, Katherine J Deans

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Children's Institute for Surgical Science, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 34th St. and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 18214424
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-0999-6

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Beneficence
Clinical Trials as Topic / ethics
Clinical Trials as Topic / standards
Control Groups*
Critical Care*
Ethics Committees, Research
Human Experimentation / standards*
Humans
Reproducibility of Results*
Safety Management / statistics & numerical data*