[Contribution of german university departments of anesthesiology to the international literature].
OBJECTIVE
According to the president of the "Wissenschaftstrat", Prof. W. Schulze, the university is in the center of research and scientific development. The contributions of the different anesthesia departments of all german universities in international anesthesia and intensive care medicine journals were studied in a descriptive analysis.


METHODS
A Medline analysis covering the past 10 years was focused an all contributions from anesthesia departments from all german universities (n = 37). Contributions in important international anesthesiology and intensive care journals were separately analysed.


RESULTS
Within the investigation period of 10 years contributions in all Medline-listed international journals increased (1988:55 contributions-1997:236 contributions). There was a wide variety in the activity among the different university departments ranging from no publication up to a total of 132 publications. Only a few university departments of anesthesia contributed to the increase in papers in international intensive care journals (1988: 11 publications-1997:35 publications).


CONCLUSIONS
Marked differences in the numbers of publications of the different universities in anesthesia and intensive care medicine journals were observed. Universities from former East Germany are still less involved in international publications.
Boldt
J
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Abteilung für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen.
Maleck
W
W
D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000639:trends*; D005858:Germany; D016239:MEDLINE; D011643:Publishing; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities