Scientific fraud: Impact of Fujii's data on our current knowledge and practice for the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 520-522

  Habib, Ashraf S ^a   Gan, Tong J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; GRANISETRON; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; RAMOSETRON;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSE RESPONSE; FRAUD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84876589291     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31827ab7d8     Document Type: Review

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