Methods |
Identification of subsequent full‐length publications
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Data |
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Comparisons |
Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting
Oral versus poster presentation
North American versus European versus Asian origin Australian versus Middle Eastern versus rest of the world origin
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Outcomes |
437 of 1721 abstracts published
172/626 abstracts presented at the 2001 meeting, and 265/1095 at the 2012 meeting published
Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported
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Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included
160/461 abstracts presented orally versus 277/1260 abstracts presented as posters published
56/161 abstracts originating from North America versus 87/496 abstracts originating from Europe versus 14/28 abstracts originating from Asia versus 8/8 abstracts originating from Australia versus 215/745 abstracts originating from the Middle East versus 57/283 abstracts with rest of the world origin published
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Notes |
Emergency medicine
Funding not reported
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Risk of bias |
Item |
Authors' judgement |
Description |
Sampling method? |
Yes |
Included all abstracts. |
Search for publications? |
Yes |
Searched 9 databases. |
Follow‐up time? |
Unclear |
Dates of search not reported. |
Matching? |
Yes |
Matched by 3 different criteria. |
Adjustment for confounding? |
No |
Examined association of meeting year by type presentation and country of origin by type presentation, prospective status, abstract quality, and subspecialty with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 or t tests |