Anaesthesia

2012

From the June Issue

Type of anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery – the problems of trial design

Combined spinal epidural versus epidural labour analgesia: does initial intrathecal analgesia reduce the subsequent minimum local analgesic concentration of epidural bupivacaine?

Acute pulmonary oedema in pregnant women

From the May Issue

Lies, damn lies and statistics

Who is responsible for investigating suspected research misconduct?

On statistical methods to test if sampling in trials is genuinely random

The analysis of 168 randomised controlled trials to test data integrity

The analysis of 168 randomised controlled trials to test data integrity (Author’s response)

A reply

From the April Issue

Perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography: past, present & future

Limiting the dose of local anaesthetic for caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia – has the limbo bar been set too low?

An investigation into the causes of unexpected intra-operative transoesophageal echocardiography findings

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• J. Boldt: Read Joint Editorial Statements (2011) here and Notice of Retraction here

• Y. Fujii: The Editorial Board notes with dismay a further case of research misconduct (see the statement on the Toho University Website), and wishes to reassure readers that Anaesthesia, the AAGBI and Wiley-Blackwell are committed to uphold the highest standards of research conduct. This particular case and its implications are discussed in the following items:

  • Yentis SM. Lies, damn lies and statistics.

  • Wager E. Who is responsible for investigating suspected research misconduct?

  • Pandit JJ. On statistical methods to test if sampling in trials is genuinely random.

  • Carlisle JB. The analysis of 168 randomised controlled trials to test data integrity.

  • Fujii, Y. The analysis of 168 randomised controlled trials to test data integrity. (Author’s response.)

  • Carlisle JB, Pandit JJ, Yentis SM. A reply.

  • Joint Editorial Statement to institutions

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