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. 2018 Nov 20;2018(11):MR000005. doi: 10.1002/14651858.MR000005.pub4

Adhikari 2011.

Methods Identification of subsequent full‐length publications

  • Searched electronic database

    • MEDLINE and PubMed to December 2009

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by all authors and keywords

    • Matched abstract to full‐length publication by

      • One author

      • Title

      • Contents
Data

  • Included 1479 abstracts presented at the 1999 to 2008 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine & American College of Emergency Physicians meetings

  • Included all abstracts accepted for presentation that described emergency ultrasound, emergency medical services, toxicology
Comparisons

  • Proportion of abstracts published

  • Mean time to publication by topic of abstract

  • Emergency ultrasound versus emergency medical services versus toxicology
Outcomes

  • 333 of 1479 total abstracts published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time

    • Mean time to publication for abstracts on emergency ultrasound = 20.4 months (95% CI = 4.8 to 36 months)

    • Mean time to publication for abstracts on emergency medical services = 22.8 months (95% CI = 6 to 39.6 months)

    • Mean time to publication for abstracts on toxicology = 21.6 months (95% CI = 3.1 to 40.1 months)

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included 

    • 103/452 abstracts related to emergency ultrasound versus 152/651 abstracts related to emergency medical services versus 78/376 abstracts related to toxicology published
Notes

  • Emergency medicine ‐ ultrasound

  • Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts that described specific topics, so low risk of bias.
Search for publications? No Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time? Yes All meetings up until 2005 had at least 48 months follow‐up. The meetings from 2006 to 2009 had less follow‐up.
Matching? Yes Matched by 3 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of emergency medicine topic with publication using stratified analysis with Fisher's Exact and Kruskal‐Wallis test.