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Editorial| Volume 43, ISSUE 6, P588-589, November 2016

Symbols in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia: a Tower of Babel?

      Papers in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (VAA) often report respiratory measurements and use symbols to express physical characteristics such as pressure, volume and fractional concentration. Although this is not explicitly requested in the journal's guidelines, VAA articles follow the practice originally proposed by the Pappenheimer Committee (Pappenheimer et al.
      • Pappenheimer JR
      • Comroe JH
      • Cournand A
      • et al.
      Standardization of definitions and symbols in respiratory physiology.
      ) and subsequently endorsed by the American Physiological Society and others (Campbell
      • Campbell MEJ
      Terminology and symbols used in respiratory physiology.
      ), details of which are readily accessible at: https://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/RESPNBsymbolsunits.pdf and http://www.rcjournal.com/guidelines_for_authors/symbols.pdf (Respiratory Care).
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      References

        • Campbell MEJ
        Terminology and symbols used in respiratory physiology.
        Br J Anaesth. 1957; 29: 534-539
        • Pappenheimer JR
        • Comroe JH
        • Cournand A
        • et al.
        Standardization of definitions and symbols in respiratory physiology.
        Fed Proc. 1950; 9: 602-605

      Uncited References

      1. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. Guide for authors.
        (Accessed 24 May 2016).
      2. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Author guidelines.
        (Accessed 24 May 2016).
        • Respiratory Care
        Standard abbreviations and symbols.
        (Accessed 24 May 2016).