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There is an article in this issue about the importance of careful writing. In this context, might I suggest that the following paragraph be re-edited to be intelligible?
'Darrel Francis and colleagues said that there was no proof that the DECREASE trial (Dutch Echocardiographic Cardiac Risk Evaluation Applying Stress Echocardiography) that Poldermans led was dishonest, but data were stored haphazardly and where they could be located, the Dutch investigation into Poldermans found them to be fictitious'
I think another comma in the middle clause would help between 'and' and 'where'. I had to this read this many times to understand it. Please help your poor readership make sense of the information provided....
Re: Use of β blockers during surgery may have caused 10 000 deaths in the UK
There is an article in this issue about the importance of careful writing. In this context, might I suggest that the following paragraph be re-edited to be intelligible?
'Darrel Francis and colleagues said that there was no proof that the DECREASE trial (Dutch Echocardiographic Cardiac Risk Evaluation Applying Stress Echocardiography) that Poldermans led was dishonest, but data were stored haphazardly and where they could be located, the Dutch investigation into Poldermans found them to be fictitious'
I think another comma in the middle clause would help between 'and' and 'where'. I had to this read this many times to understand it. Please help your poor readership make sense of the information provided....
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