The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 5 , Pages 581-586, May 2009

The OPTICC trial: a multi-institutional study of occult pneumothoraces in critical care

  • Jean François Ouellet, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Affilie Universitaire De Quebec, Hopital de l'Enfant-Jesus, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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  • Vincent Trottier, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Affilie Universitaire De Quebec, Hopital de l'Enfant-Jesus, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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  • Leanne Kmet, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Regional Trauma Services, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Calgary, AB, Canada
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  • Sandro Rizoli, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.), F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Kevin Laupland, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Calgary, AB, Canada
    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Calgary, AB, Canada
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  • Chad G. Ball, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Department of Surgery, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Department of Critical Care, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
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  • Marco Sirois, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.)

      Affiliations

    • Sherbroke Medical Centre, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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  • Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.), F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Regional Trauma Services, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Calgary, AB, Canada
    • Department of Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Calgary, AB, Canada
    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Calgary, AB, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +1-403-944-2888; fax: +1-403-944-8799

Received 8 November 2008; received in revised form 16 December 2008 published online 23 March 2009.

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 Supported by the Derrick Thompson Award of the Canadian Intensive Care Foundation and a grant from the Canadian Trauma Trials Collaborative of the Trauma Association of Canada.

PII: S0002-9610(09)00063-4

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.12.007

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 5 , Pages 581-586, May 2009

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