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Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine requires that all authors sign a declaration about any possible conflicts of interest. This is sent to all authors when they agree to write for us; if you need another copy of this, please contact us at anaesthesia@medicinepublishing.co.uk.

A conflict of interest may exist when professional judgement concerning a primary interest (such as patients' welfare or the validity of research) could be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain or personal rivalry). It may arise for the authors of a Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine article when they have a financial interest that may influence their interpretation of their results or those of others.

We do not aim to eradicate such interests - they are almost inevitable. We will not reject papers simply because of a potential conflict of interest but we will make a declaration of these interests on the title page of the paper, so that the reader is fully informed.