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German anaesthetist is dismissed because of forged study

2010; BMJ; Volume: 341; Issue: dec07 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.c7026

0959-8138

Annette Tuffs,

Clinical practice guidelines implementation

A consultant anaesthetist, Joachim Boldt, has been dismissed by his employer, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, after an independent expert committee established that one of his publications reported the results of a study that had never taken place. The study, of high dose, balanced hydroxyethyl starch versus an albumin based strategy in cardiopulmonary bypass priming, had been published in the US journal Anesthesia & Analgesia …