Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61, January 2009

The Age of Red Blood Cells in Premature Infants (ARIPI) Randomized Controlled Trial: Study Design

  • Dean Fergusson

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dean Fergusson, MHA, PhD, Clinical Epidemiology Program, The Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Rd, Box 201, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6.
    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • Brian Hutton

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • Debora L. Hogan

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • Louise LeBel
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  • Morris A. Blajchman

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • Jason C. Ford
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  • Paul Hebert

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • Ashok Kakadekar
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  • Lajos Kovacs

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • Shoo Lee

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • Koravangattu Sankaran

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • Stan Shapiro

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • John A. Smyth
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  • Kuppuchipalayam Ramesh
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  • Nicole Rouvinez Bouali
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  • Alan Tinmouth

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.
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  • Robin Walker

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    • Authors DF, BH, DH, MB, PH, LK, SL, KS, SS, AT and RW all provided significant contributions to the development of the study protocol in its development phase, and all are involved in this ongoing study in the role of either site investigator, site coordinator or steering committee member.

Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The Ottawa Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

McMaster University and Canadian Blood Services, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Children's and Women's Health Center of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

McGill University Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Montreal, Canada

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

IWK Health Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 This study has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PII: S0887-7963(08)00075-8

doi:10.1016/j.tmrv.2008.09.005

Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61, January 2009

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