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Comment
. 2007;11(1):305.
doi: 10.1186/cc5676.

Trials stopped early for benefit? Not so fast!

Alan C Heffner  1 , Eric B Milbrandt, Ramesh Venkataraman
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Comment

Trials stopped early for benefit? Not so fast!

Alan C Heffner et al. Crit Care. 2007.
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Three-month moving average for mortality, TFPI (tifacogin) vs. placebo. From Abraham, E. et al. JAMA. 2003;290:238–247. Used with permission.
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Comment on

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