Confidential reports may improve peer review

Clinical study reports of randomised controlled trials: an exploratory review of previously confidential industry reports

OBJECTIVE To explore the structure and content of a non-random sample of clinical study reports (CSRs) to guide clinicians and systematic reviewers. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched public sources and lodged Freedom of Information requests for previously confidential CSRs primarily written by the industry for regulators. SELECTION CRITERIA CSRs reporting sufficient information for extraction ('a...

Pathway peer review to improve quality

At the Health Foundation, the drive to find new ways of doing things that will improve the delivery of healthcare is central to our work. We are interested in solutions that have the potential to make lasting and widespread improvement to health services. Many of these emphasise the importance of internal motivators (for example, professionalism, organisational development and leadership), alon...

Emergency Medicine specialty May Improve Patient Satisfaction

The Strength of Physiological Reports and Peer Review

To be a founding Editor-in-Chief of a journal is always going to be a ride into the unknown, but taking on this role for Physiological Reports has been one of the most rewarding activities I have undertaken in my professional life. When I was appointed, the heavy lifting had already been done by the staff of the two societies that own the journal, The Physiological Society and the American Phys...

Peer-Review Short Reports Intraorbital Abducens Nerve Schwannoma

Schwannomas are tumors arising from the Schwann cells of the neural sheath ofmotor and sensory nerves. They are seen in all cranial nerves except optic and olfactory. They are also called neurilemmomas, neurinomas, and perineural fibroblastomas (7). They arise focally from the sheath of the nerve fascicle and present as well-defined eccentrically placed masses. This allows their dissection from...