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Gordon B Drummond

Senior Lecturer Anaesthesia Edinburgh University
Verified email at ed.ac.uk
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The fickle P value generates irreproducible results

…, D Curran-Everett, SL Vowler, GB Drummond - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The reliability and reproducibility of science are under scrutiny. However, a major cause of
this lack of repeatability is not being considered: the wide sample-to-sample variability in the …

Reporting ethical matters in The Journal of Physiology: standards and advice

GB Drummond - The Journal of physiology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Reporting of ethical matters in The Journal is very important. To advise and assist authors,
particularly those who may be less familiar with the legislation in the UK, this article sets out …

Effects of short-term isocapnic hyperoxia and hypoxia on cardiovascular function

AJ Thomson, GB Drummond… - Journal of Applied …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
Both hypoxia and hyperoxia have major effects on cardiovascular function. However, both
states affect ventilation and many previous studies have not controlled CO 2 tension. We …

Bispectral index values and spectral edge frequency at different stages of physiologic sleep

…, EL Coleman, NJ Douglas, GB Drummond… - Anesthesia & …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Bispectral index (BIS) and spectral edge frequency (SEF) are used as measures of depth of
anesthesia and sedation. We tested whether these signals could predict physiologic sleep …

Endocrine measurements in survivors and non-survivors from critical illness

…, A Macduff, GB Drummond, E Wilkinson, B Adams… - Intensive care …, 2002 - Springer
Objective. To compare measurements of thyroid and adrenal function between survivors and
non-survivors in critical illness. Design and setting. Prospective, observational study at the …

Show the data, don't conceal them

GB Drummond, SL Vowler - Advances in physiology …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Current standards of data presentation and analysis in biological journals often fall short of
ideal. This is the first of a planned series of short articles, to be published in a number of …

Current clinical methods of measurement of respiratory rate give imprecise values

GB Drummond, D Fischer, DK Arvind - ERJ open research, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Respiratory rate is a basic clinical measurement used for illness assessment.
Errors in measuring respiratory rate are attributed to observer and equipment problems. …

[HTML][HTML] Making do with what we have: use your bootstraps

G Calmettes, GB Drummond… - Advances in physiology …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
A JACK KNIFE is a pocket knife that is put to many tasks, because it’s ready to hand. Often
there could be a better tool for the job, such as a screwdriver, a scraper, or a can-opener, but …

Effect of posture and breathing route on genioglossal electromyogram activity in normal subjects and in patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome

…, N Yildirim, PM Warren, GB Drummond - American Review of …, 1993 - atsjournals.org
Patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) often have more apneas supine
than sitting. We have shown radiologically that although the retropalatal airway narrows on …

[HTML][HTML] ARRIVE: new guidelines for reporting animal research

GB Drummond, DJ Paterson… - The Journal of physiology, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 1980, Altman wrote that misuse of statistics in medical research was unethical (Altman,
1980). This article was the first of many, written to improve the standard of statistical analysis …