Authors Online Title Page Form

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All authors must disclose their role in the manuscript. Identified roles include study design, conduct of the study, data analysis, preparation of the manuscript, and other. Disclosure of the role of each author is intended to help readers identify the authors responsible for each aspect of the work. It is also intended to encourage recognition of every author who made a significant contribution, while discouraging unearned authorship.

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All authors must attest to having read the manuscript and approved the submission. Papers reporting original research must have an attestation to the integrity of both the original research data and the data analysis. If the paper has more than one author, then at least two authors must attest to the integrity of the original data and the analysis. Attestations for each author are printed in the Journal.

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A conflict of interest exists when an author's judgment about a manuscript or Letter to the Editor may be influenced by secondary gain. Secondary gain typically involves personal, financial, academic, or political advancement. Examples of financial gain are easiest to identify and include direct monetary benefits such as salary, honoraria, consulting, royalties, equity, and other types of financial gain. When study findings may affect an author's bonus, incentive payment, or salary (e.g., research related to academic appointments and salary), this is also considered a conflict of interest. The academic recognition and advancement that come from publishing good papers are the appropriate reward for good work and do not represent a conflict of interest.

Potential conflicts of interest occur frequently. In some disciplines, they may be unavoidable. Authors of studies funded by industry necessarily possess a conflict of interest. Although this conflict is understood and accepted, it must be disclosed. Investigators frequently also have consulting or lecturing relationships with companies sponsoring their research. These relationships are typically entirely appropriate, understood, and accepted, but they must be disclosed.

Conflict of interest disclosure should be made at the time of manuscript submission, using this title page creation program, so that a decision can be made on whether the competing interests may have influenced the manuscript in any manner. A manuscript will not be rejected solely because of conflict of interest. However, appearance of a potential conflict of interest could result in a request that the conflict of interest be stated in the published manuscript.

Anesthesia & Analgesia does not have a threshold monetary value to determine "relevant" or "significant" conflicts of interest. Similarly, the Journal believes that there is no specific time at which a potential conflict of interest ceases to exist. All relevant potential conflicts of interest should be declared, regardless of monetary value or the date of the relationship. Conversely, we recognize that extensive disclosures of trivial or ancient relationships may unintentionally obfuscate relevant conflicts.

Authors are encouraged to err on the side of full disclosure. Full disclosure at the time of submission has fewer repercussions than subsequent exposure. The Conflict-of-Interest checkbox filled in by the Author is printed as text for each author. Additional conflict of interest should be disclosed as additional text in the manuscript.

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