Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Umberto I Policlinico di Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Umberto I Policlinico di Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy
J Med Ethics. 2022 Jul;48(7):479-484. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2021-107252. Epub 2021 May 14.
Fraud in medical publications is an increasing concern. In particular, disciplines related to perioperative medicine-including anaesthesia and critical care-currently hold the highest rankings in terms of retracted papers for research misconduct. The dominance of this dubious achievement is attributable to a limited number of researchers who have repeatedly committed scientific fraud. In the last three decades, six researchers have authored 421 of the 475 papers retracted in perioperative medicine. This narrative review reports on six cases of fabricated publication in perioperative medicine that resulted in the paper's retraction. The process that led to the unveiling of the fraud, the impact on clinical practice, and changes in regulatory mechanisms of scientific companies and governmental agencies' policies are also presented. Fraud in medical publications is a growing concern that affects perioperative medicine requiring a substantial number of papers to be retracted. The continuous control elicited by readers, by local institutional review boards, scientific journal reviewers, scientific societies and government agencies can play an important role in preserving the 'pact of trust' between authors, professionals and ultimately the relationship between doctors and patients.
医学出版物中的欺诈行为日益受到关注。特别是与围手术期医学相关的学科，包括麻醉和重症监护，目前在因研究不当而撤回的论文中排名最高。这一可疑成就的主导地位归因于少数反复从事科学欺诈的研究人员。在过去的三十年中，有六位研究人员撰写了围手术期医学中撤回的 475 篇论文中的 421 篇。本叙述性综述报告了围手术期医学中伪造出版的六个案例，这些案例导致论文被撤回。还介绍了导致欺诈行为曝光的过程、对临床实践的影响，以及科学公司和政府机构监管机制的变化。医学出版物中的欺诈行为日益受到关注，这影响了围手术期医学，需要撤回大量论文。读者、当地机构审查委员会、科学期刊审稿人、科学协会和政府机构的持续控制，可以在维护作者、专业人员，最终是医生和患者之间的“信任契约”方面发挥重要作用。
