Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 750-756.e21, December 2006

From Submission to Publication: A Retrospective Review of the Tables and Figures in a Cohort of Randomized Controlled Trials Submitted to the British Medical Journal

Presented at the 5th International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, Chicago, IL, September 16-September 18, 2005.

  • David L. Schriger, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles Emergency Medicine Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
    • Cancer Research United Kingdom/National Health Services Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: David L. Schriger, MD, MPH, 924 Westwood Blvd. #300, Los Angeles, CA 90024-2924; 310-794-0593, fax 310-794-0599
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  • Reshmi Sinha, BA

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles Emergency Medicine Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Sara Schroter, BA, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • British Medical Journal, London, UK
    • ,
  • Pamela Y. Liu

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles Emergency Medicine Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
    • ,
  • Douglas G. Altman, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Research United Kingdom/National Health Services Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom

Received 27 March 2006; received in revised form 30 May 2006; accepted 1 June 2006. published online 19 September 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MDAuthor contributions: DLS and DGA conceived the study and laid out the initial design. SS obtained the research material and helped with the design. DLS designed the data forms; these were reviewed by all authors and pilot tested by RS and PYL. DLS and RS did the data abstraction for the figures study. DLS, RS, and PYL did the data abstraction for the tables study. DLS did the data analysis and drafted the article. RS drafted Appendix E4. All authors actively participated in the editing of the article and approved the final version. DLS takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: Ms. Sinha was funded in part by a summer research grant from the UCLA School of Medicine Short Term Training Program.Publication dates: Available online September 15, 2006.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00874-2

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.017

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 750-756.e21, December 2006

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