Maleck 1998b.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE from 1994 to June 1998 and PubMed from May 1993 to June 1998 Search completed by investigator Searched by all authors and title Matched abstract to full‐length publication by Title Contents
Data	Included 109 abstracts presented at the 1994 Pan‐European Conference on Emergency Medical Systems meeting Included all abstracts published in conference book
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published
Outcomes	11 of 109 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported No factors related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes	Emergency 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?	Yes	The meeting had 48 months follow‐up.
Matching?	Yes	Matched by 2 different criteria