Table 1.
Sources of funding, study characteristics, and age-related inclusion criteria of randomized trials published in emergency medicine journals (2008-2011).
| Journal | Manuscripts N (%) |
Median sample size |
Government Funded N (%) |
Industry Supported N (%) |
Foundation Supported N (%) |
Pediatric population N (%) |
Population over age 60 N (%) |
From the United States N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJEM a | 31 (19%) | 100 | 2 (6%) | 3 (10%) | 0 | 4 (13%) | 0 | 13 (42%) |
|
Annals of
EM |
52 (32%) | 181 | 16 (31%) | 7 (13%) | 9 (17%) | 7 (13%) | 0 | 40 (77%) |
|
Academic
EM |
35(21%) | 120 | 12 (34%) | 5 (14%) | 5 (14%) | 9 (26%) | 0 | 29 (83%) |
| Resuscitation | 19 (12%) | 101 | 4 (21%) | 5 (26%) | 1 (5%) | 2 (11%) | 0 | 2 (11%) |
| Injury | 26 (16%) | 57 | 1 (4%) | 5 (19%) | 1 (4%) | 0 | 5 (19%) | 2 (8%) |
|
| ||||||||
| Total | 163 | 110 | 35 (20%) | 25 (15%) | 16 (10%) | 22 (13%) | 5 (3%) | 86 (53%) |
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American Journal of Emergency Medicine