In 2009 the four largest professional societies involved in critical care in the United States—the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the American Thoracic Society (ATS), and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)—formally established the Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC) to explore common issues. At that time, in spite of the importance of critical care, there was no consensus on the agenda for critical care research in the United States. To overcome deficiencies in the conduct and expansion of critical care research, experts from each of the four CCSC component societies joined with a successful clinical research collaborative, the US Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group (USCIITG), and formed the Multisociety Strategic Planning Task Force for Critical Care Research. The task force was charged with defining a comprehensive agenda for critical care research based upon input from a broad range of participants...
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1 January 2012
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January 01 2012
Multisociety Task Force for Critical Care Research: Key Issues and Recommendations
Clifford S. Deutschman, MS, MD;
for the Critical Care Societies Collaborative/USCIITG Task Force on Critical Care Research
Clifford S. Deutschman, MS, MD
Clifford S. Deutschman is from the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Tom Ahrens is from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, Missouri. Charles B. Cairns is from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Curtis N. Sessler is from the Department of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Polly E. Parsons is from the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont in Burlington
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Tom Ahrens, DNS, RN;
for the Critical Care Societies Collaborative/USCIITG Task Force on Critical Care Research
Tom Ahrens, DNS, RN
Clifford S. Deutschman is from the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Tom Ahrens is from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, Missouri. Charles B. Cairns is from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Curtis N. Sessler is from the Department of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Polly E. Parsons is from the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont in Burlington
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Charles B. Cairns, MD;
for the Critical Care Societies Collaborative/USCIITG Task Force on Critical Care Research
Charles B. Cairns, MD
Clifford S. Deutschman is from the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Tom Ahrens is from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, Missouri. Charles B. Cairns is from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Curtis N. Sessler is from the Department of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Polly E. Parsons is from the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont in Burlington
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Curtis N. Sessler, MD, FCCP;
for the Critical Care Societies Collaborative/USCIITG Task Force on Critical Care Research
Curtis N. Sessler, MD, FCCP
Clifford S. Deutschman is from the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Tom Ahrens is from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, Missouri. Charles B. Cairns is from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Curtis N. Sessler is from the Department of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Polly E. Parsons is from the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont in Burlington
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Polly E. Parsons, MD, FCCP
for the Critical Care Societies Collaborative/USCIITG Task Force on Critical Care Research
Clifford S. Deutschman is from the Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Tom Ahrens is from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, Missouri. Charles B. Cairns is from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Curtis N. Sessler is from the Department of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Polly E. Parsons is from the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont in Burlington
Corresponding author: Polly E. Parsons, md, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Fletcher 311, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Am J Crit Care (2012) 21 (1): 12–14.
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Clifford S. Deutschman, Tom Ahrens, Charles B. Cairns, Curtis N. Sessler, Polly E. Parsons; for the Critical Care Societies Collaborative/USCIITG Task Force on Critical Care Research, Multisociety Task Force for Critical Care Research: Key Issues and Recommendations. Am J Crit Care 1 January 2012; 21 (1): 12–14. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2012608
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