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Ascertainment of cause-specific mortality in COPD: operations of the TORCH Clinical Endpoint Committee
Thorax · 2007 · Vol. 62(5) · pp. 411–415
Lorcan McGarvey✉(Queen's University Belfast)M. Knight John(Respiratory Clinical Trials)J. Anderson(GlaxoSmithKline (Netherlands))Michael T. Zvarich(GlaxoSmithKline (Netherlands))Robert A. Wise(Queen's University Belfast)
Abstract
A CEC can provide standardised, reliable and informative adjudication of COPD mortality that provides information which frequently differs from data collected from assessment by site investigators.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchRespiratory Support and MechanismsNursing Diagnosis and DocumentationMedicineCOPDCause of deathClinical endpointFluticasone propionateIntensive care medicineClinical trialSalmeterolInternal medicineDisease
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Cause of DeathDouble-Blind MethodHumansPrognosisPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveConsensus
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