Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · May 2012
Editorial Historical ArticleThe role of carbon dioxide in facilitating emergence from inhalation anesthesia: then & now.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · May 2012
Meta AnalysisPublication bias in the anesthesiology literature.
Publication bias occurs because positive finding studies are more likely to be published. The dearth of studies of negative or equivalence findings can erroneously affect future research and potentially clinical care of patients. We hypothesized that positive studies were more likely to be published than negative studies in anesthesiology journals with a higher impact and circulation. ⋯ This study reports the presence of publication bias in the anesthesiology literature especially in higher clinical trial impact factor journals. Publication bias can have potential implications for future research and the clinical care of patients. Authors should be encouraged to submit negative studies to high impact journals and the journals should be encouraged to evaluate the editorial process as the cause of publication bias.