Recommended Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Data from Drowning: The "Utstein Style"

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• Corporate Authors:
  American Heart Association. ; Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
• Description:
  This document presents the consensus of a group of international investigators who met to establish guidelines for the uniform reporting of data from studies of drowning incidents. The consensus process consisted of formal discussions at 3 international meetings as well as expert review, endorsements from multiple organizations, and invited recommendations from other interested parties. The concept of using consensus workshops to formulate guidelines is not new. Similar consensus guidelines for reporting surveillance and resuscitation research have been developed for both adult and pediatric cardiac arrest. The principal purpose of the recommendations in this advisory is to establish consistency in the reporting of drowning-related studies, both in terms of nomenclature and guidelines for reporting data. These recommendations are intended to improve the clarity of scientific communication and the comparability of scientific investigations. Improved clarity and comparability of future scientific reports will advance the clinical and epidemiological knowledge base. In turn, such studies can help identify appropriate prevention strategies as well as the best treatment for victims of drowning and can ultimately save lives.
• Subjects:
  • Data Collection
  • Drowning
  • Humans
  • Publishing
  • Terminology as Topic
• Source:
  Circulation. 2003; 108(20):2565-74.
• Pubmed ID:
  14623794
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  108
• Issue:
  20
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7519/cdc_7519_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 102.35 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
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