Does the BMJ attempt independent ascertainment?

Addison’s disease | The BMJ

A 34 year old woman presented with a 12 month history of increasing tiredness, anorexia, weight loss, and depression. During that period, she had tried two different antidepressant tablets without benefit. She saw her general practitioner’s locum, who thought she looked tanned. Her blood pressure was 90/60 mm Hg, although it had always tended to be low. Her serum sodium concentration was 130 (n...

Report of the independent panel considering the retraction of two articles in The BMJ.

Iona Heath panel chair and past president, Royal College of General Practitioners, Stephen Evans professor of pharmacoepidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Curt Furberg professor emeritus of public health sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Julia Hippisley-Cox professor of epidemiology and general practice, University of Nottingham, Harlan Krumholz Harol...

The BMJ, the definite article.

The journal will be 175 years old next year. During that time it has had four names: the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal (1840-52), the Association Medical Journal (1853-56), theBritishMedical Journal (1857-1988), andBMJ (1988-2014). Now it gets a fifth, with the inclusion in its name of the definite article. The journal formerly known as BMJ will now be formally known as The BMJ. This ...

BMJ Richard

BMJ B Brueggemann , Richard

Objective To estimate the proportion of school age children with a persistent cough who have evidence of a recent Bordetella pertussis infection. Design Prospective cohort study (October 2001 to March 2005). Setting General practices in Oxfordshire, England. Participants 172 children aged 5-16 years who presented to their general practitioner with a cough lasting 14 days or more who consented t...