Hussein 2014.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database PubMed; date of search not reported Person completing the search not reported Searched by all authors and keywords Matching criteria not reported
Data	Included 367 abstracts accepted at the 2006 to 2011 Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland meetings Included all abstracts
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published Median time to publication
Outcomes	239 of 367 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time Median time to publication = 12 months (IQR = 12 to 24 months) No factors related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes	Other clinical specialties ‐ vascular medicine Funding not reported Data extracted from abstract
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts.
Search for publications?	No	Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time?	Unclear	Date of search not reported.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.