Abstracts of Randomized Controlled Trials Presented at the Society for Pediatric Research Meeting
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicinePublished 1 May 2002
Terry P. Klassen, Natasha Wiebe, Kelly Russell, Kelly Stevens, Lisa Hartling, William Craig
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The percentage of randomized controlled trials presented at a major pediatric scientific meeting that were subsequently published as full-length articles was measured to investigate factors associated with publication, and to describe the variables that change from abstract to manuscript form.
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Publication bias is a serious threat to assessing the effectiveness of interventions in child health, as little more than half of RCTs presented at a major scientific meeting are subsequently published. There is a need to institute an international registry of RCTs in children so that the totality of evidence can be accessed when assessing treatment effectiveness.
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