EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, cilt.28, sa.7, ss.485-492, 2011 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Background and objective Randomised controlled trial (RCT) abstracts published in journal articles have traditionally been deficient of crucial information. To improve the quality of RCT abstracts, in January 2008, the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trial (CONSORT) group published a checklist of essential information for inclusion. The current study assessed whether there has been an improvement in the quality of RCT abstracts published in main anaesthesia journals since this new guideline was introduced.