- S Bala Bhaskar: Department of Anaesthesiology, Vijayanagar Institute Medical Sciences, Bellary, Karnataka, India.
- M Manjuladevi: Department of Anaesthesiology, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Research is a systematic process, which uses scientific methods to generate new knowledge that can be used to solve a query or improve on the existing system. Any research on human subjects is associated with varying degree of risk to the participating individual and it is important to safeguard the welfare and rights of the participants. This review focuses on various steps involved in methodology (in continuation with the previous section) before the data are submitted for publication.