Methods |
Identification of subsequent full‐length publications
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Data |
Included 118 abstracts presented at the 2009 to 2011 Danish Society for Emergency Medicine meetings
Included all abstracts, but only 63 of 118 abstracts have a follow‐up of 24 months
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Comparisons |
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Outcomes |
17 of 63 abstracts with 24 months or more follow‐up published; 35 of 118 of all abstracts published
6/19 abstracts presented at the 2009 meeting, 11/44 at the 2010 meeting, and 8/55 at the 2011 meeting published
Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported
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Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included
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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 3 databases and contacted abstract authors. |
Follow‐up time? |
No |
Only the meeting in 2009 had 48 months follow‐up. All other meetings had less than 48 months follow‐up. |
Matching? |
Yes |
Matched by 3 different criteria. |
Adjustment for confounding? |
No |
Examined association of meeting year and type presentation with publication using Fisher's Exact test. |