R&R in the FASTLANE 031

Our currently highly irregular series of eminence-based evidence is finally back again – with the 31st edition: A free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature. This edition contains 11 recommended reads. Find out more about the R&R in the FASTLANE project here and check out the team of contributors from all around the world. This edition’s R&R Hall of Famer Young NS, Ioannidis JP, Al-Ubaydli O. Why current publication practices may distort science. PLoS Med. 2008 Oct 7;5(10):e201. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050201. PubMed PMID: 18844432; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2561077 This essay makes the underlying assumption that scientific information is an economic commodity, and that scientific journals are a medium for its dissemination and exchange. When subjected to an economic analysis the scientific publication process looks distinctly ugly… The authors make suggestions for a better way forward. Recommended by Chris Nickson Learn more: LITFL CCC – Publication Practices Distort Science This edition’s R&R recommendations Critical Care expand(document.getElementById('ddet575825118'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink575825118')) Ertmer C, Kampmeier T, Van Aken H. Fluid therapy in critical illness: a special focus on indication, the use of hy...
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