Retraction. Notice of formal retraction of articles by Dr. Joachim Boldt.

摘要

The Editorial Board of the British Journal of Anaesthesia has been informed by the Landesdrztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz ('LAK-RLP'), the State Medical Association of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany that serves as the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for clinical research at Klinikum Ludwigshafen, where Dr Joachim Boldt's recent research was conducted, that they have completed a systematic evaluation of the status of IRB approval for research conducted by Dr Boldt dating back to 1999. They were unable to verify IRB approval for 11 articles published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia between 1999 and 2009.