All that glisters... How to assess the 'value' of a scientific paper

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-383

  Pandit, Jaideep J ^a   Yentis, S M ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLECAINIDE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYGEN; VACCINE;

ACCURACY; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; AUTISM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONVULSION; DRUG FATALITY; ECLAMPSIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PEER REVIEW; PUBLISHING;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT;

EID: 15944416751     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04151.x     Document Type: Review

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