# RETRACTION: Haemoglobin Changes Before and After Packed Red Blood Cells Transfusion in Burn Patients: A Retrospective Cross‐Sectional Study

## TL;DR

This retracted study examined haemoglobin changes in burn patients before and after blood transfusions but was found to have issues with peer review and ethics.

## Contribution

The paper was retracted due to compromised peer review and lack of informed consent information.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to evidence of a compromised peer review process.
- The study lacked information about the informed consent procedure.
- The authors disagree with the retraction decision.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

ParviziA.
,
HaddadiS.
,
RoshanZ. A.
, and
KafashP.
, “Haemoglobin Changes Before and After Packed Red Blood Cells Transfusion in Burn Patients: A Retrospective Cross‐Sectional Study,” International Wound Journal
20, no. 6 (2023): 2269–2275, 10.1111/iwj.14108.36752214
PMC10333046

The above article, published online on 08 February 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party reported to the journal that they had found evidence of excessive self‐citations in the reference list of this article. The publisher did not confirm the evidence of excessive self‐citations. Upon further investigation, the publisher also concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In addition, the article does not include any information about the informed consent procedure for the study. In view of the clear evidence of compromised peer review, the parties agreed that the paper must be retracted. The authors disagree with the retraction.