Undisclosed conflicts of interest in German-language textbooks of anesthesiology, critical care, and emergency medicine

• Published in: Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen Vol. 139; pp. 53 - 58
• Main Author: Wiedermann, Christian J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier GmbH 01.12.2018
• Subjects: conflict of interest; disclosure; hydroxyethyl starch; Hydroxyethylstärke; Interessenkonflikt; Lehrbücher; medical education; medizinische Ausbildung; Offenlegungen; textbooks; volume resuscitation; Volumentherapie; hydroxyethyl starch; medizinische Ausbildung; Hydroxyethylstärke; disclosure; Offenlegungen; Interessenkonflikt; medical education; Volumentherapie; volume resuscitation; Lehrbücher; conflict of interest; textbooks
• ISSN: 1865-9217; 2212-0289; 2212-0289
• DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2018.10.004

Medical textbooks are important throughout postgraduate internship, residency and fellowship programs but authors’ conflicts of interest (COI) are rarely disclosed. In anesthesiology, two high-profile cases of research fraud/unethical publishing have previously been identified. This study evaluated...