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Table 2 Quality of reporting of abstracts at BURNS annual meeting 2000 and 2008 according to the CONSORT criteria for randomized-control trials

From: Quality of reporting according to the CONSORT, STROBE and Timmer instrument at the American Burn Association (ABA) annual meetings 2000 and 2008

CONSORT	2000				2008
	oral		poster		oral	poster
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total	9	100	4	100	7	100	2	100
Title randomized	0	0	1	25	1	14	1	50
Authors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trial design	9	100	2	50	6	86	1	50
Participants	8	89	4	100	4	57	0	0
Interventions	9	100	4	100	6	86	2	100
Objective/Hypothesis	9	100	4	100	6	86	2	100
Main Outcome	2	22	0	0	1	14	1	50
Randomization	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0
Blinding	2	22	0	0	4	57	0	0
Number randomized	0	0	1	25	0	0	0	0
Recruitment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Numbers analyzed	8	89	4	100	3	43	2	100
Outcome	9	100	4	100	7	100	2	100
Harms	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0
Conclusion	9	100	4	100	7	100	2	100
Trial registration	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Funding	0	0	0	0	3	43	0	0

Due to the small sample size p-value was not calculated.

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