Lauritsen J, Moller AM "Publications in anesthesia journals: Quality and clinical relevance" Anesthesia and Analgesia 99(5):1486-1491 November 2004

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: J. Lauritsen : jakobl at dadlnet.dk

Title    : Publications in anesthesia journals:
           Quality and clinical relevance
Author(s): Lauritsen J, Moller AM

Source   : ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA 99 (5): 1486-1491 NOV 2004

Document Type: Article
Language: English
Cited References: 22      Times Cited: 0


Abstract: Clinicians performing evidence-based anesthesia rely on anesthesia
journals for clinically relevant information. The objective of this study
was to analyze the proportion of clinically relevant articles in five high
impact anesthesia journals. We evaluated all articles published in
Anesthesiology, Anesthesia & Analgesia, British journal of Anesthesia,
Anesthesia, and Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica from January to June,
2000. Articles were assessed and classified according to type, outcome, and
design; 1379 articles consisting of 5468 pages were evaluated and
categorized. The most common types of article were animal and laboratory
research (31.2%) and randomized clinical trial (20.4%). A clinically
relevant article was defined as an article that used a statistically valid
method and had a clinically relevant end-point. Altogether 18.6% of the
pages had as their subject matter clinically relevant trials. We compared
the Journal Impact Factor (a measure of the number of citations per article
in a journal) and the proportion of clinically relevant pages and found that
they were inversely proportional to each other.


Addresses: Lauritsen J (reprint author), Bakkedraget 18,2th, Hillerod,
DK-3400 Denmark
Herlev Univ Hosp, Dept Anesthesia, Herlev, DK-2730 Denmark

Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA
19106-3621 USA
Subject Category: ANESTHESIOLOGY
IDS Number: 865ED
ISSN: 0003-2999

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