Compliance of randomized controlled trials in trauma surgery with the CONSORT statement

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 562-572

  Lee, Seon Young ^a   Teoh, Penelope J ^a   Camm, Christian F ^b   Agha, Riaz A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CONSORT; randomized controlled trials; reporting quality; trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MARKER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATOLOGY;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84885351275     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182a5399e     Document Type: Review

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