Steering Committee
Maurizia Capuzzo, Ferrara, Italy (Lead Investigator)
Christophe Combescure, Geneva, Switzerland (Statistics)
Bertrand Guidet, Paris, France
Gaetano Iapichino, Milan, Italy
Rui Paulo Moreno, Lisboa, Portugal
Thomas Perneger, Geneva, Switzerland (Statistics)
Andrew Rhodes, London, United Kingdom
Andreas Valentin, Vienna, Austria
Study Unit Coordinators by country
Austria
Elisabeth Eggensperger (Hanusch Krankenhaus, Wien); Andreas Lerche (Krankenhaus Floridsdorf, Wien); Otmar Schindler (LKH Hoergas-Enzenbach, Gratwein); Lea Schirnhofer (University Hospital of Salzburg); Thomas Staudinger (General Hospital and Medical University of Vienna); Wolfgang Trebuch (LKH Wolfsberg); Andreas Valentin (Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Wien); Victoria Wieser (Otto Wagner Hospital, Wien).
Belgium
Vincent Collin (Cliniques de l’Europe - St Michel, Bruxelles); Pierre Damas, Paul Massion (CHU Sart Tilman, Liege); Nikolaas De Neve, Nathalie De Mey (Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hospital, Aalst); Sandra Oeyen (Ghent University Hospital).
Czech Republic
Martin Matejovic (Charles University Hospital, Plzen); Igor Sas (University Hospital of Brno); Andrea Stoszkova (University Hospital, Hradec Kralove).
Denmark
Mads Konow Bøgebjerg (Sønderborg Sygehus); Mikkel Gybel (Glostrup Hospital); Malene Hollbaum Christiansen (AARHUS, Horsens); Jacob Kuhn, Torben F Jørgensen, Kristian Roerbaek Madsen, Marc Sørensen, Margit Vejen Stilling (Odense Universitets Hospital).
France
Jean-Michel Arnal (Hôpital Font-Pré, Toulon); Olivier Baldesi (Centre Hospitalier du Pays d’Aix, Aix en Province); Romain Barthélémy (Hôpital Lariboisiere, Paris); Pascal Beuret (Centre Hospitalier de Roanne); Gilles Blasco (CHU Besancon); Thierry Boulain (Hôpital de La Source, Centre Hospitalier Régional d’Orléans); Russell Chabanne (CHU de Clermont-Ferrand); Cédric Cleophax (Hôpital Lariboisiere, Paris); Francois Collet (Centre Hospitalier St Malo); Nadège Demars (CHU Antoine Béclère, Clamart); Mathieu Desmard (Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris Nord Val de Seine); Michel Durand, Géraldine Dessertaine (Hôpital Michallon, Grenoble); Mathieu Egard (Centre Hospitalier de Mulhouse); Alexandre Faure (Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon); Jean-Sebastien Faure, Russel Chabanne (CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont Ferrand); Jérôme Fichet (Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart); Cathy Fleureau (Haut-Lévêque Hospital - CHU de Bordeaux); Gilles Francony (CHU de Grenoble); Marc Gainnier (CHU Timone, Marseille); Richard Galliot (Centre Hospitalier Felix Guyon, La Réunion); Stéphanie Houcke (Hôpital R. Salengro, Lille); Bernard Just (Centre Hospitalier Manchester, Charleville-Mezieres); Sigismond Lasocki (CHU Angers); Vincent Lassalle (Centre Hospitalier du Mans); Pierre Lavagne (CHU de Grenoble); Alain Leger (Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux); Christine Lorut (Hotel Dieu, Paris); Mathieu Mattei (Centre Hospitalier de Brive); Herve Mentec (Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil); Bertrand Meyssignac (Hôpital Nord, Marseille); Martine Nyunga (Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix); Vincent Peigne (Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, Clamart); François Philippart (Groupe hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, Paris); Fabienne Plouvier (Hôpital Saint Esprit, Agen); Anne Renault, Solene Guinard (CHU de la Cavale Blanche, Brest); Antoine Roch (APHM - Hôpital Nord, Marseille); Hadrien Roze (Haut-Lévêque Hospital - CHU Bordeaux); Philippe Sarrabay (Haut-Lévêque Hospital - CHU Bordeaux); Carole Schwebel, Silvia Calvino Günther (CHU de Grenoble); Achille Sossou (Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux, Le Puy-en-Velay); Xavier Tchenio, Nicholas Sedillot (Hôpital Fleyriat, Bourg en Bresse); François Tinturier (CHU Amiens); Maurel Véronique (Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris); Florent Wallet, Celine Bernet (Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud).
Germany
Justyna Swol (Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitàtsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum); Hermann Wrigge, Philipp Simon (University Hospital Leipzig).
Greece
Elli Antypa (General Hospital `G. Gennimatas', Thessaloniki); Theodoros Aslanidis, Aikaterini Euthimiou (General Hospital `A.H.E.P.A', Thessaloniki); Dimitrios Babalis (General University Hospital of Larissa); Georgios Choutas, Vassiliki Tzani (251 Airforce General Hospital, Athens); Georgios Gkiokas, Dionysios Dellaportas (Aretaieion University Hospital, Athens); Maria Karapetsa (General University Hospital of Larissa); Vasilios Koulouras (University Hospital of Ioannina); Christina Kydona (Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki); Magdalini Kyriakopoulou (Athens Chest Diseases Hospital Sotiria, Athens); George Kyriazopoulos (Lamia General Hospital); Athina Lavrentieva, Ioanna Kemanetzi (George Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki); Efstratios Mainas (`Hippokrateion' General Hospital, Athens); Polychronis Malliotakis, Emmanouil Lilitsis (University General Hospital Heraklion); Pavlos Myrianthefs, Vassiliki Psalida (`Agioi Anargyroi' General Hospital, Athens); Spiridon Papanikolaou (Peiraiko Hospital, Athens); Anna Spring (Naval Hospital, Athens); Maria Stafylaraki (Sismanoglio General Hospital, Athens); Konstantinos Tasopoulos (IASO Thessalias Hospital, Larissa); Maria Theodorakopoulou, Despoina Koulenti (Attikon University Hospital, Athens); Pirros Tsakas (General Hospital, Arta).
Ireland
Joan Barry, Nicola Perry (Cork University Hospital); Janette Brohan, Dorothy Breen (Cork University Hospital); John Cahill, Ruth Aoibheann O'Leary (Mercy University Hospital, Cork); Erik Korba (Beaumont Hospital, Dublin); Roisin Nee, Mujtaba Ali (Limerick Regional Hospital); Nuala Treanor (South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork); Andrew Westbrook, Claire Nestor (St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin).
Italy
Maria Renata Bacchin, Aristide Morigi (Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna); Maria Barbagallo (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma); Giuseppe Calicchio (Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria S. Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, Salerno); Cosetta Cantaroni (Ospedale Santa Maria della Scaletta, Imola); Paolo Chiarandini (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria `S. Maria della Misericordia', Udine); Nicola Cilloni (Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna); Andrea Neville Cracchiolo (Ospedale Civico di Cristina Benfratelli, Palermo); Massimo Girardis (AOU Modena); Paolo Lunghi (Ospedale Civile B. Ramazzini, Carpi, Modena); Giorgia Malewski (Ospedale M. Bufalini, Cesena); Demostene Marifoglou (Ospedale di Castel San Giovanni, Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza); Patrizia Murino (AORN Ospedale V. dei Colli-V. Monaldi, Napoli); Marco Adversi, Antonina Pigna (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna); Cristina Pinna, Francesco Ponzetta (Nuovo Ospedale S. Agostino Estense, Modena); Maurizio Postiglione (Ospedale S. Maria di Loreto, Napoli); Santi Maurizio Raineri (A.O.U. Policlinico `P. Giaccone', Palermo); Paolo Spanu (Azienda Ospedaliera S. Paolo, Milano); Carlo Alberto Volta, Sofia Vitali (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna, Ferrara).
Norway
Finn H Andersen (Aalesund Hospital); Kristian Strand (Stavanger University Hospital).
Poland
Jerzy Drobiński (Hospital Ministry of Interior and Administration, Poznan); Anna Kanikowska (University Hospital of Lord's Transfiguration, Poznan); Włodzimierz Kostyrka (Zespól Zakladów Opieki Zdrowotnej, Ostrów Wielkopolski); Mariusz Piechota (Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im WAM - Centralny Szpital Weteranów); Pawel Pietraszek (Szpital Wojewódzki w Zielonej Górze, Zielona Góra); Barbara Tamowicz (Regional Hospital, Poznan).
Portugal
Susana Afonso (Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos NeurocrÉticos, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central); Sofia Beirão (Hospital Geral - Centro Hospitalar Universitàrio Coimbra); Lu's Bento (Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central); Eduardo Almeida, Vânia Brito, Paula Mendes (Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada); Ernestina Gomes (Unidade Local de Saude de Matosinhos); Elisabete Monteiro (Hospital São João, Porto); José Pedro Moura (Hospital Santa Luzia de Viana do Castelo); Teresa Oliveira (Hospital São João, Porto); Rosa Ribeiro (Hospital São Bernardo, Setubal); Zoryana Shumanska (Hospital de S. José, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central); Rui Pedro Veiga (Hospital São João, Porto).
Romania
Calin Mitre (Institutul Regional de Gastroenterologie si Hepatologie, Cluj-Napoca); Constantin Bodolea (Municipal Hospital Cluj-Napoca); Serban Bubenek, Ioan Turconi (Institute of Emergency Cardiovascular Diseases `C.C. Iliescu', Bucharest); Sanda Maria Copotoiu (University Emergency County Hospital Mures - SCJUMS, Targu Mures); Dan Corneci, Silvius Negoita (University Emergency Hospital Elias, Bucharest); Daniela Filipescu (Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Bucharest); Ioana Grintescu, Irina Luca-Vasiliu (Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest); Natalia Hagau, Dan Sebastian Dirzu (Clinical Emergency County Hospital of Cluj); Ciprian Hentia, Ovidiu Horea Bedreag (Timisoara Clinical Emergency County Hospital); Antonela Diana Muresan (`N. Stancioiu' Heart Institute, Cluj-Napoca); Adriana Stoicovici (Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta `Dr. Constantin Opris', Baia Mare); Dana-Rodica Tomescu (Institutul Clinic Fundeni, Bucharest).
Spain
Luis Herrera Para, Laura Tarraga (Hospital Universitario Santa Lucia de Cartagena); Maria Cruz Martin Delgado, Nuria Camino Redondo (Hospital de Torrejon, Madrid); Pablo Monedero, Cisse Mbongo (Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona); Amaia Quintano (Hospital Universitario de Álava - Santiago, Vitoria-Gazteiz).
Switzerland
Hervé Zender (Hôpital Neuchâtelois, La Chaux-de-Fonds).
Turkey
Nesrin Alpaslan (Bayindir Hastanesi Icerenkoy, Istanbul); Yalim Dikmen (Cerrahpasa Medical School Hospital, Istanbul); Derya Gokcinar (Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara); Mustafa Gonullu (Tepecik Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi, Izsmir); Zehra Hatípoğlu (Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana); Namik Ozcan (Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara); Yasemin Tekdőş (Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Researching and Education Hospital, Istanbul).
United Kingdom
Casiano Barrera-Groba, Laura Ortiz-Ruiz de Gordoa (Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton); Maurizio Cecconi, Claudia Ebm (St. George's Healthcare Trust, London); Aylwin Chick, Alice Tipton (Northern General Hospital, Sheffield); Julius Cranshaw (Royal Bournemouth Hospital); Paul Downie (Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust); Tariq Husain (Northwick Park Hospital, London); Bhushan Joshi, Rakesh Vaja (Glenfield Hospital, Leicester); Martin Kendra (Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital NHS Trust, Slough); Marlies Ostermann, Victoria Stables, Christina Wlodek, Louise McWhirter (Guy's Hospital, London); Marlies Ostermann, Thomas Wilson, Anna Williams, Priya Sriskandarajah (St Thomas Hospital, London); Tamas Szakmany (Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant); Malcolm Watters (Great Western Hospital, Swindon); Mehrun Zulieka, Peter Carvalho (Royal Surrey County, Guilford).