The editors-in-chief of various anesthesia publications, including Anesthesia & Analgesia, Anesthesiology, Medical Science Monitor and Intensive Care Medicine, recently sent a joint letter to their readers, notifying them of the planned retractions of articles submitted by Joachim Boldt, MD.
The letter includes a table that lists 88 articles for which Landesarztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz, the State Medical Association of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, was unable to verify Institutional Review Board approval. Two more tables list 12 articles for which LAK-RLP was able to verify IRB approval and two articles for which approval was not necessary.
The editors-in-chief plan to retract the articles listed in the first table that appear in their respective journals, with formal retraction notices to appear in each journal. The authors point out that the lack of IRB approval means the research was unethical and misrepresented, not necessarily fraudulent.
Read the letter from anesthesia journal editors.
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The letter includes a table that lists 88 articles for which Landesarztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz, the State Medical Association of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, was unable to verify Institutional Review Board approval. Two more tables list 12 articles for which LAK-RLP was able to verify IRB approval and two articles for which approval was not necessary.
The editors-in-chief plan to retract the articles listed in the first table that appear in their respective journals, with formal retraction notices to appear in each journal. The authors point out that the lack of IRB approval means the research was unethical and misrepresented, not necessarily fraudulent.
Read the letter from anesthesia journal editors.
Read more on anesthesia:
-First U.S. Death Row Inmate to Be Executed Solely With Anesthetic
-FDA Approves Enhanced Flow Meter Visualization From OSI Systems