Author Insights: An Analysis Excluding Trials by Researcher Under Fire for Misconduct Finds Product Used for Critically Ill Patients Is Harmful « news@JAMA

Author Insights: An Analysis Excluding Trials by Researcher Under Fire for Misconduct Finds Product Used for Critically Ill Patients Is Harmful « news@JAMA

A new analysis has found that hydroxyethyl starch (HES), a fluid product used to help resuscitate critically ill patients, does not improve patient survival and may cause harm, according to results published in JAMA today. The results suggest that alleged scientific misconduct by a German scientist may have skewed previous meta-analyses of studies......