Department of Paediatric Surgery, King's College Hospital, SE5 9RS London, UK.
J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Feb;47(2):386-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.09.043.
Abstracts presented at the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons annual congress have the potential to influence practice. However, it is not known what percentage of accepted abstracts actually go on to withstand peer review and be published in the literature.
Abstract books were reviewed for the period 1999 to 2008. A MEDLINE search using keywords from title and authors' names was used to identify subsequent publication. Categorical analysis for variation and trend with P < .05 was accepted as significant. Data were expressed as median (interquartile range).
During the 10-year period, 862 abstracts were presented orally and were derived from 36 countries, with a median of 18 (17-19) countries represented each year. Of these, 375 (43%) abstracts originated from 25 United Kingdom (UK) institutions with most (45%) from London and specifically the Institute of Child Health/Great Ormond Street Hospital (n = 118, 14%). The annual median number of presentations was 81 (74-97). This fell during the first half of the decade but is now rising with a significant increase in the UK proportion (P = .001). Thirty (27-35) abstracts per year (overall, n = 302) were subsequently published with the proportion (36% [33%-39%]) remaining remarkably consistent over the period. Abstracts were published in a range of 26 journals, but most (69%) were published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
The publication rate of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons congress and hence entry into the "evidence base" as published material is consistent at just over one third of submissions. Whether this represents a waste of scientific endeavor or further refinement of quality is a moot point.
在英国小儿外科学会年会上提交的摘要有可能影响实践。然而，目前尚不清楚有多少被接受的摘要实际上能够通过同行评审并在文献中发表。
对 1999 年至 2008 年期间的摘要集进行了回顾。使用标题和作者姓名中的关键词进行了 MEDLINE 搜索，以确定随后的出版物。接受 P <.05 的分类分析作为显著差异。数据表示为中位数（四分位间距）。
在 10 年期间，口头报告了 862 篇摘要，这些摘要来自 36 个国家，每年平均有 18 个（17-19 个）国家参加。其中，375 篇（43%）摘要来自 25 个英国机构，其中大部分（45%）来自伦敦和儿童健康研究所/大奥蒙德街医院（n = 118，14%）。每年的平均报告数量为 81 篇（74-97 篇）。这一数字在前十年中有所下降，但现在正在上升，英国的比例显著增加（P =.001）。每年有 30 篇（总计 302 篇）摘要被发表，这一比例（36%[33%-39%]）在整个研究期间保持相当稳定。摘要发表在 26 种期刊上，但大多数（69%）发表在《小儿外科学杂志》上。
英国小儿外科学会大会的发表率，即作为已发表文献进入“证据基础”的比例，一直保持在三分之一左右。这是否代表着对科学努力的浪费，或者是对质量的进一步改进，这是一个有争议的问题。
