Adherence to guidance on registration of randomised controlled trials published in Anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 556-563

  El Boghdadly, K ^a   Wiles, M D ^b   Atton, S ^c   Bailey, C R ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Anaesthesia   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

primary outcomes; randomised controlled trials; trial registration

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMAN; MANIKIN; PATIENT SIMULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MANIKINS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85039711958     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14103     Document Type: Article

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