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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Sending of manuscripts

EDITORIAL COMMITEE
COLOMBIAN ANESTHESIOLOGY JOURNAL
AUTHOR’S GUIDE

The Colombian Anesthesiology Journal is the official publication of the Colombian Anesthesiology and Reanimation Society (SCARE). It has as main objectives to divulge knowledge related to this specialty and its related areas..

Two or more experts in the topic revise each manuscript. The author shall receive a report of the revision process and of the decision taken, within the next eight weeks after the reception of the manuscript.

Authors:
The names of the authors of the manuscripts have to appear accompanied with the highest academic degree obtains (M.D, PhD, etc), academic range (Professor, Associate Professor, etc.) and the institution and department or section he or she belongs to. Also, the main author’s email address and fax number, or place where mail can be sent, should be noted.
Titles:
The title has to guide whoever is doing a bibliographic research. It has to be short enough in order to make it easily read, but long enough to give all the relevant information.
Summaries:
A summary shall be sent in English and Spanish and it should not exceed more than 250 words. It shall contain all the basic information: Introduction, objectives of the study, methods used, results and conclusions, making strong emphasis in new findings retrieved from the study. This note should be presented in normal paragraph form, using periods. No abbreviations or references should be used in the title or the summary. For bibliographical reference, the abbreviation of the Colombian Anesthesiology Journal IS: Rev. Col. Anest.

Key Words:
Three to ten words or short phrases, essential to link the bibliographical research should be used. It is suggested that MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms are used, form the Index Medicus, www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html, or review the Biblioteca Virtual en Salud at http://decs.bvs.br/e/homepage.htm
Ethical Issues:
Research that is practiced on human beings should include a reference in the text, with the approval of an ethical or research on humans committee.
The research on animals should include the approval of an animal investigation committee as well.

Conflicts of Interests and Financing:
The sources of financing shall be mentioned in the first page of the article, whenever a conflict of interests can exist.

Publications Classifications:
The Colombian Anesthesiology Journal receives the following types of publishings for publications, with its corresponding word count limits and references:
1.Laboratory or clinical research: maximum 4,000 words and 50 references

2.Health Education research: maximum 4,000 words and 50 references

3.Case Reporting: maximum 2,000 words and 25 references

4.Continuous Medical education or Systematic Review Articles: maximum 7,500 words and 100 references

5.Non-systematic revisions: maximum 4,000 words and 50 references

6.Essays or reflection articles: maximum 4,000 words and 50 references

7.Letters to the Editor: maximum 250 words and 10 references

8.Book Revisions: maximum 250 words and 10 references

9.Translations of current topics of any of the above items, with its respective authorization.

10.Editorials: maximum 1,500 words and 15 references

In the case of aleatory, controlled experiments, it is strongly suggested that the CONSORT criteria is used, for reporting purposes (http://www.consort-statement.org)

Tables, images and figures
Shall be included at the end of the manuscript in separate pages.
The tables need to be numbered in consecutive form and shall be mentioned in the text. No vertical or horizontal lines can be used. Each column must have the appropriate heading. N0 explanatory notes shall be included in heading. These shall be included in the bottom of the table, making reference to them with symbols in sequential form.
All images must be sent in image file forms: bitmap (*.bmp), GIF (*.gif), JPEG (*.jpg), TIFF (*.Tif), or Portable Document Format (*.pdf), with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
The figures should be clearly titled, numbered in consecutive form and mentioned in the text. If one same figure contains more than one part, each one of the shall be identified alphabetically (Example: Figure 3A, Figure 3B).
If pictures of people are submitted, the corresponding authorization, must be sent as well.
If pictures, illustrations or tables from other authors are sent, he or she shall be cited and given credit for accordingly. When a non-modified transcription of tables is used, and in the case of the pictures and illustrations, the corresponding authorization for their publishing shall be sent as well.

Bibliographical References:
These shall be numbered in the order they appear in the text. No abbreviations can be used for the tittles of medical journals, as per Index Medicus ruling (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lij.html).

General Rules:
The articles and other manuscripts have to be new and unpublished. These, have to be sent with an accompanying letter, signed by all of the authors, directed to the Publishing Director, the Editor or to the members of the editorial committee, through the SCARE web page in word processing format (*.doc, *.rtf, *.txt, *.sxw or *.pdf), using the standard extensions. The submission must be done through the SCARE web page at: (http://www.scare.org.co; in the “Publicaciones” section), or to the following email addresses: publicaciones@scare.org.co, j.pena@scare.org.co, m.galindo@scare.org.co, or to the SCARE offices via certified mail to: Transversal 17 No. 120-74, Piso 2, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. For this last option, the manuscripts must be sent in electronic format as well (diskette or CD).
ext that will be able to contain referring information to the sending of the original.

The material sent, shall be written or typed in black ink in double space form. Pages need to be properly numbered and margins should be at least of 2.5 cms. If the manuscript is formatted in A4 paper, a margin of at least 5 cms has to be left in the lower part of the text. The total extension of the text shall not exceed 15 pages in letter size 12.