RETRACTED: Dexmedetomidine infusion is associated with enhanced renal function after thoracic surgery

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Robert R. Gaiser. The corresponding author, Dr. Robert N. Sladen, has requested the retraction at the direction of the Columbia University Standing Committee on the Conduct of Research, due to research misconduct by one of the authors, Mr. Robert Frumento.The University completed an investigation into allegations of research misconduct against Mr. Robert Frumento, who was previously employed as a Research Coordinator by the Department of Anesthesiology. The University has concluded that there was evidence of falsification and fabrication by Mr. Frumento, who had primary responsibility for collecting and analyzing data for this paper. The findings include numerous discrepancies between the source material and the reported data, which provided false support for reportedly significant results. The University concluded that these findings constitute research misconduct by Mr. Frumento. In addition, the University found that some of the credentials claimed by Mr. Frumento were not accurate. In the article his degrees are listed as “Robert Frumento, MS, MPH”. The University found that Mr. Frumento had not received a Master of Science degree from any institution.