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Please scroll down for the list of posters presented during the Colloquium. Information for poster presenters You will be provided with a poster board to mount your poster. Please note the maximum permitted dimensions for your poster size are as follows: Poster size (A0 size): 1189mm (height) by 841mm (width) Posters MUST be in portrait format. Velcro adhesive will be provided at the conference venue to mount posters on the boards. We will inform presenters of their poster code and presentation timing in September. Please note: If for any reason you are unable to participate in the Colloquium, please advise the Colloquium Secretariat by email as soon as possible. Virtual Posters We plan to repeat last year's Virtual Posters. This means posters will be visible on the Colloquium website throughout the Colloquium and for a three-month period afterwards. Poster overview Below is the final programme of poster sessions. All posters will be on display at the level 3 lobby at Suntec for the duration of the Colloquium. We have scheduled 5 attended poster sessions, where authors will be available for discussion. Presenting authors are marked in bold. Please contact the Scientific Secretariat at posters AT cochrane.org for any queries regarding posters. Attended Poster Session 1 Monday 12 Oct 09, 10:45-11:15h Consumer issues and shared decision making Education and training Editorial processes Evidence-based practice: training and impact Attended Poster Session 2 Monday 12 Oct 09, 15:30-16:00h Global health and equity Searching and information retrieval Attended Poster Session 3 Tuesday 13 Oct 09, 10:45-11:15h Reporting and other biases Methods for preparing reviews (non-statistical) Attended Poster Session 4 Tuesday 13 Oct 09, 15:30-16:00h Knowledge translation and communicating evidence Attended Poster Session 5 Wednesday 14 Oct 09, 10:45-11:15h Statistical methods Diagnostic test accuracy review methods Attended Poster Session 1 Monday 12 Oct 09, 10:45-11:15h Consumer issues and shared decision making P1: Are Cochrane reviews for end users of healthcare services? The results of an international survey. Janet Wale, Maria Belizan, Anne Lyddiatt, Sita Vij. P2: A survey analysis of doctors’ and patients’ perceptions of shared decision making in China. Qiong-Wen Zhang, Hai-Qing Wang, Xin-Xin Dong, Xi-Yang Chen, Fei Wang, Zhi-Yu Fan, Yang Zhou, Ying Liu, Xiao-Li Wan, Mingming Zhang. P3: Creation of a non-English speaking branch of CCNet: the Iberoamerican Network of Consumers. Claudia Cattivera, Jordi Pardo Pardo. P4: Lay people involvement in the consensus conference Informing women on hormone replacement therapy. Cinzia Colombo, Roberto Satolli, Alessandro Liberati, Serena Donati, Alfonso Mele, Paola Mosconi. Education and training P5: National Cochrane systematic review training workshops in China (2006-2008). Maoling Wei, Ming Liu. P6: Evaluating the impact of the ViTaMIN (Virtual Training and Mentoring International Network) project. Mona Nasser, Zbys Fedorowicz, Patrick Sequeira, Raphael De Souza, Hoda Javaheri. P7: Integrating collaborative eLearning with Cochrane face-to-face training. Adrienne Stevens, Jordi Pardo Pardo, Lorely Ambriz, Miranda Cumpston, Steve McDonald. P8: A call to heighten quality of education in developing systematic reviews concerning traditional Chinese medicines in China. Xunzhe Yang, Qi Zhuo, Xiaoxi Zeng, Taixiang Wu. P9: Preparing an overview of reviews: lessons learned. Sharon Kramer, Miranda Langendam, Roy Elbers, Rob Scholten, Lotty Hooft. P10: Italian Cochrane Centre training and dissemination activities. Valentina Pecoraro, Rita Banzi, Sabrina Bidoli, Michela Cinquini, Maria del Pilar Fernandez del Rio, Lorenzo Moja, Ivan Moschetti, Elena Parmelli, Vanna Pistotti, Alessandro Liberati. P11: Results of the pilot mentoring programme for Managing Editors. Megan Prictor, Jane Cracknell, Victoria Pennick, Jessica Thomas. P12: The current role of qualitative evidence synthesis in the training curricula of Cochrane Centres and Branches. Karin Hannes, Janet Harris. P13: Cochrane in Malaysia: impact of the SEA-ORCHID Project on usage of The Cochrane Library and Cochrane review activity. Jacqueline Ho, Steve McDonald, Nai Ming Lai, Japaraj Peter, Hans van Rostenberghe, Alvin Chang, Che Anuar Che Yaakob, Sivasangari Subramaniam. P14: Development of a systematic review unit of the Study Centre of the German Surgical Society (SDGC). Markus K Diener, Katrin Jensen, Kathrin Grummich, Pietro Contin, Nuh N Rahbari, Moritz N Wente, Christoph M Seiler. Editorial processes P15: Status of protocols in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Junhua Zhang, Hongcai Shang, Hui Wang. P16: How current are systematic reviews at the time of publication? Luz Letelier, Ignacio Neumann, Carlos Aravena, Juan Carlos Claro, Paulina Donato, Gabriel Rada. P17: The cost-effectiveness analysis of systematic review. Yao-Long Chen, Qiong-Wen Zhang, Lei Yu, Wei Liu, Youping Li. P18: Information systems for conducting systematic reviews: a case study. James Thomas. Evidence-based practice: training and impact P19: Measuring competence in evidence-based medicine: correlation between two validated scales. Nai Ming Lai, Cheong Lieng Teng, Sivalingam Nalliah. P20: Interventions to improve question formulation in professional practice and self-directed learning. Tanya Horsley, Jennifer O'Neill, Craig Campbell. P21: Awareness of The Cochrane Collaboration and The Cochrane Library in India. Roshni Mohan, Sridharan Ramaratnam. P22: Training and education in critical appraisal leads to increase in usage and contribution to The Cochrane Library in India. Meenu Singh. P23: The impact of a promotional program for evidence-based practice on the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan. Ya-Wen (Betty) Chiu, Yi-Hao Weng, Heng-Lien Lo, Ya-Hui Shih, Hsien-Wei Ting, Ken N Kuo. P24: The analysis of The Cochrane Library usage from 2005 to 2007 in Taiwan. Hsien-Wei Ting¸ Heng-Lien Lo, Wen-Hsin Shen, Ken N Kuo, Ya-Wen Chiu. P25: Summarized evidence for the busy clinician: a randomized controlled trial of an online course in evidence-based medicine using systematic reviews. Tobias Weberschock, Martin Naoki Bergold, Mirjana Matic-Strametz, Reinhard Strametz, Justyna Maria Bergold, Tanja Sehr on behalf of the EBM Unity Group. P26: A good method to promote evidence-based medicine into clinical practice in Taiwan? A clinical pharmacist’s perception. Pei Chin Lin, Yaw Bin Huang, Pi Lien Hung, Pi Lai Tseng. P27: Creative e-teaching and e-learning of evidence-based medicine in resident physicians by multimedia technology. Yu-Fang Huang, Yu-Shan Huang, Yi-Ching Yang. P28: Evidence-based health care improvement course. Cristiane Rufino Macedo, Maria Regina Torloni, Rachel Riera, Regis Bruni Andriolo, Brenda Nazaré Gomes Silva, Maria Eduarda Santos Puga, Vanessa Pedrosa Vieira, Álvaro Nagib Atallah. P29: The effect of clinical integrated evidence-based medicine education intervention on final year undergraduates: a randomized controlled trial. Hao-Min Cheng, Fei-Ran Guo, Teh-Fu Hsu, Hung-Tsang Yen, Fa-Yauh Lee, Ying-Ying Yang, Te-Li Chen, Wen-Shin Lee, Chiao-Lin Chuang, Chen-Huan Chen, Low-Tone Ho. Attended Poster Session 2 Monday 12 Oct 09, 15:30-16:00h Global health and equity P30: International activity within Cochrane Review Groups. Claire Allen, Mike Clarke, Diana Wyatt. P31: Female authorship in systematic reviews: does The Cochrane Collaboration support gender equity? Rita Banzi, Cinzia Colombo, Elena Parmelli, Vanna Pistotti. P32: Synthesising health impact and health inequalities: an example from a review of school-based cognitive behavioural interventions. Josephine Kavanagh, Sandy Oliver, Angela Harden, Jennifer Caird, James Thomas, Ann Oakley. P33: Evidence-based medicine and the right to health care in Brazil. Rachel Riera, Alvaro N Atallah, Vanessa P Vieira, Cristiane R Macedo, Maria Eduarda S Puga, Davi L Silva, Mauro Ishioka, Ana Paula S Zanutti, Bruno R Rosa, Renata Ciol, Maria Regina Torloni. P34: Representation of older adults, women, and ethnic minorities in published randomized trials of drug therapy for type 2 diabetes. Kirby Lee, Donald Bailey, Ashley Diaz, Lisa Bero. P35: How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions: a Cochrane methodology systematic review. Vivian Welch, Joanne Demontigny, Erin Ueffing, Maria Benghalti, Jessie McGowan, Mark Petticrew,Elizabeth Kristjansson, George Wells, Peter Tugwell. P36: Using systematic reviews and prescribing data to analyse off-label drugs use: the case of antiemetics for gastroenteritis in children. Marzia Lazzerini, Davide Zanon, Rossella Paparazzo, Francesca Rovere, Gianni Messi on behalf of the Seven Centres Survey Collaborative Group. P37: Private ambulatory care in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of strategies to improve quality. Sima Berendes, Peter Heywood, Sandy Oliver, Paul Garner. P38: Likely country of origin of clinical trials used for Cochrane reviews. Robert Wolff, Stefan Reinders, Michael Barth, Gerd Antes. P39: Geographic distribution of trials in Cochrane systematic reviews. Gunn Vist, Silke Walleser, Faith McLellan, Davina Ghersi. Searching and information retrieval P40: Heterogeneity in search strategies among Cochrane acupuncture reviews. Steve Lui, Mishka Terplan, Erica Smith. P41: The Cochrane Ark: are there animals studies hiding in CENTRAL? Samantha Roberts, Drew Davey, Julie Monalisa, Clive Adams. P42: Thai databases. Samantha Roberts, Kamolthip Atsawawaranunt, Clive Adams. P43: How broad should you go? Searching for a public health intervention review. Mala Mann, Alison Weightman, Sara Hayes, Fiona Morgan, Hilary Kitcher, Lesley Sander, Ben Carter. P44: Retrieval bias in the German dental literature. Anette Blümle, Jens C Türp, Gerd Antes. P45: Preliminary assessment of handsearching programmes for randomized controlled trials in Nigeria. Moriam Chibuzor, Martin Meremikwu. P46: What we know we don’t know: identifying therapeutic uncertainties from systematic reviews. Steve Sharp. WITHDRAWN P47: Sunken treasure: a pilot study of the availability and online accessibility of South East Asian healthcare journals, and on the quality of reports of randomised controlled trials. Nutayla Al-Harthy, Mona Nasser, Zybs Fedorowicz, Edwin Chan. P48: Access to evidence from countries in South Asia: the South Asian Database of Controlled Clinical Trials and the South Asian Cochrane Network and Centre’s Digital Library. Jabez Barnabas, BGC Yamuna, Venkatesh Parthasarathy, Sangeetha Venkatesh, Prathap Tharyan. P49: Is the highly sensitive search worth the effort?Anne Parkhill, Ornella Clavisi, Peter Bragge, Russell Gruen. P50: A bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited Cochrane reviews. Olalekan Uthman, Charles Okwundu. P51: The number needed to read: are capture-recapture techniques feasible in searching literature for systematic reviews? Edith Motschall, Gerta Rücker, Gerd Antes, Martin Schumacher. P52: A comparison of handsearching versus Chinese BioMedical (CBM) database searching to identify reports of randomized controlled trials. Mingming Zhang, Changlin Ai, Jing Li, Yurong Duan, Phil Wiffen. P53: The Cochrane HIV/AIDS Trials Register: five years of achievements, progress and challenges. Elizabeth Pienaar, Nandi Siegfried, Joy Oliver, Babalwa Zani. P54: Randomized controlled trials of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in Africa: the utility of the Cochrane HIV/AIDS Specialized Registry. Babalwa Zani, Nandi Siegfried, Elizabeth Pienaar. P55: Additional literature search in Cochrane reviews: how, what and why? Preethy J Mathew, Joseph L Mathew. P56: Issues in improving the quality and increasing the size of the Cochrane Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Field specialized register. Susan Wieland, Eric Manheimer. P57: Room for improvement: how to validate your MEDLINE search before using it in the update. Margaret Sampson, Jessie McGowan. P58: Where do systematic reviews in health policy and systems research search for studies? Gabriel Rada, Cristián Herrera, Ignacio Neumann, Tomás Pantoja. Attended Poster Session 3 Tuesday 13 Oct 09, 10:45-11:15h Reporting and other biases P59: Treatment related harms: what was planned and what was reported? An analysis of Southwest Oncology Group phase III trials. Rahul Mhaskar, Ambuj Kumar, Heloisa Soares, Bill Gardner, Benjamin Djulbegovic. P60: CONSORT Extension for N-of-1 Trials (CENT) guidelines. Sunita Vohra, Larissa Shamseer, Cecilia Bukuta, Margaret Sampson, Nick Barrowman, David Moher. P61: Reporting of eligibility criteria of participants in randomized trials: comparison between study protocols and journal articles. Anette Blümle, Joerg J Meerpohl, Gerd Antes, Erik von Elm. P62: How do systematic reviews deal with publication bias? An overview of current practice and comparison with a previous assessment. Sheetal Parekh-Bhurke, Chun Kwok, Chun Pang, Lee Hooper, Yoon Loke, Jon Ryder, Alex Sutton, Caroline Hing, Ian Harvey, Fujian Song. P63: Improving placebo design of randomized placebo-controlled trials of traditional Chinese herbal medicine. Zhao-Xiang Bian. P64: Quality of reporting of clinical trials in traditional Chinese medicine for vascular dementia. You Yong, Edwin Chan, Dianne Bautista, Jianting Long, Christopher Chen, Wen Li. P65: Editorial policy and the reporting of randomized controlled trials in Indian medical journals in 2004-2005 versus 2007-2008. Aneesh George, Richard Kirubakaran, Jabez Barnabas, BGC Yamuna, Manuel Raj, Prathap Tharyan. P66: Why so many ‘RCTs’ were false? A further investigation about ethics review status of the ‘RCTs’ published in Chinese journals. Taixiang Wu, Xunzhe Yang, Xiaoxi Zeng. P67: Assessing and improving quality of reporting the estimated effect size and its precision in randomized controlled trials. Ashraf Nabhan. P68: A descriptive analysis of pediatric trials published in 2007. Michele Hamm, Lisa Hartling, Andrea Milne, Lisa Tjosvold, Sarah Curtis, Ben Vandermeer, Denise Thomson, Terry Klassen. P69: The effect of pharmaceutical industry sponsorship on randomized trials for long-acting beta-agonist / inhaled corticosteroid combination therapy for asthma: challenges for estimating comparative effectiveness and safety. Ken Bond, Simon Bow, Kathleen O’Gorman, Carol Spooner, Catherine Lemière, Lisa Tjosvold, Lisa Hartling, Brian H Rowe. WITHDRAWN P70: Observer bias in randomised clinical trials: a systematic review of trials that use both blinded and unblinded data collectors. Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Ann Sofia Skou Thomsen, Frida Emanuelsson. P71: Levels of evidence and the conclusions of the Cochrane systematic reviews. Govaithi Ashokan, Aneesh George, Richard Kirubakaran, Prathap Tharyan. Methods for preparing reviews (non-statistical) P72: Methodological difficulties in overview of reviews due to inconsistent reporting of outcomes: a case study of reviews on pharmacological treatments for asthma. Tengbin Xiong, Sheetal Parekh, Fujian Song. P73: Fundamental points for preparing systematic reviews of interventions in traditional Chinese medicine. Junhua Zhang, Hongcai Shang, Jin Hu, Boli Zhang. P74: Identification and testing of tools for the classification of study designs in systematic reviews of interventions and exposures. Lisa Hartling, Kenneth Bond, Meera Viswanathan, P Lina Santaguida, Krystal Harvey, Donna Dryden. P75: Methods to enhance comprehensiveness of large Cochrane reviews: a practical example. Joost Romme, Hans Reitsma, Catherine Black, Nancy Colman, Rob Scholten, Wouter Wieling, Nynke van Dijk. P76: Is Google Translate useful for the selection of studies to be included in Cochrane reviews? Raphael Freitas de Souza, Patrick Sequeira, Mona Nasser, Zbys Fedorowicz, Maryam Shahiri. P77: A systematic review of N-of-1 methods, analysis and meta-analysis. Sunita Vohra, Larissa Shamseer, Cecilia Bukuta, Margaret Sampson, Nick Barrowman, David Moher. P78: Pharmacological interventions for chronic non-specific low back pain: an overview of reviews. Ton Kuijpers, Sidney Rubenstein, Marienke van Middelkoop, Raymond Ostelo, Arianne Verhagen, Bart Koes, Maurits van Tulder. P79: Hazard ratios in the Summary of Findings table: experience of the Cochrane Haematological Malignancies Group. Christine Herbst, Kathrin Bauer, Corinne Brillant, Nicole Skoetz, Andreas Engert. P80: Indirect comparisons of competing interventions: a systematic review identified possible methods and current practice. Jing Li, Lin Wang, Deying Kang, Guanjian Liu, Youping Li. P81: The epidemiology and quality of systematic reviews of health professional behaviour change interventions. Michelle Weir, Alain Mayhew, Julia Worswick, Dean Fergusson, Jeremy Grimshaw. P82: Integrating quantitative and qualitative evidence in systematic reviews: a mixed-methods approach. Rigmor C Berg, Eva Marie-Louise Denison, Atle Fretheim, Simon Lewin. P83: Evaluation of harms in HTAs and systematic reviews of drug interventions. Beate Wieseler, Volker Vervölgyi, Thomas Kaiser. P84: Energized devices in thyroideal surgery: an example of a standardized data extraction sheet for surgical systematic reviews. Pietro Contin, Markus Diener, Katrin Jensen, Nuh Rahbari, Christoph Seiler. P85: Evidence from The Cochrane Collaboration for traditional Chinese medicine therapies. Eric Manheimer, Elizabeth Kimbrough, Susan Wieland, Ker Cheng, Brian M Berman. Attended Poster Session 4 Tuesday 13 Oct 09, 15:30-16:00h Knowledge translation and communicating evidence P86: Evidence mapping for youth mental health. Virginia Liu, Patrick Callahan, Stefanie de Silva, Jessica Stephen, Sarah Hetrick, Alexandra Parker, Rosemary Purcell. P87: The production, preservation and dissemination of rescue evidence in the Wenchuan earthquake. Yao-Long Chen, Gareth Marshall, Wen Ye, Liang Du, Youping Li. P88: Time to inclusion in systematic reviews: roadblock on the translational pathway. William Trochim, Cathleen Kane, Katherine Chiang, Susanne Whitaker, Greg Lawrence, Dianne Dietrich, Ashley Christopher, Nisha Suda. P89: Sharp increase in access to the Japanese translations of Cochrane systematic review abstracts after the introduction of a non-login system. Kiichiro Tsutani, Yukari Yaju, Yasuto Sato, Masahiro Yoshida, Naohito Yamaguchi. P90: Supporting the use of systematic reviews in policy making through review-derived products. John Lavis, Tomás Pantoja. WITHDRAWN P91: Do guideline developers use Cochrane reviews? Ruth Foxlee. P92: Quality of health information in Web 2.0. Britta Lang, Christopher Mavergames. P93: Building a database of systematic reviews about patient safety: providing clinicians with easier access to evidence. Ivan Solà, Jesús López-Alcalde, José Ángel Expósito, Xavier Bonfill. P94: Does the message still reflect the evidence? Mona Nasser, Hilda Bastian, Marco Knelangen, Andreas Waltering. P95: A unique approach to extend the reach of Cochrane reviews to public health practitioners: the Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. Irene Prabhu Das, Cynthia Vinson. P96: Challenges for formulary recommendations: limitations of outcome data reported in systematic reviews. Shannon Sullivan, Shannon Sullivan, Terri O'Grady, Sandy Pagotto. P97: Reliability and validity of instruments measuring research utilization in health care. Janet Squires, Carole Estabrooks, Lars Wallin, Petter Gustravsson, Hanna Jerke. P98: What will the second impact factor tell us about The Cochrane Library and its systematic reviews? Bryony Urquhart, Laura Sampson. P99: The Cochrane Library publicity: media coverage around the world. Bryony Urquhart, Laura Sampson. P100: Who is using The Cochrane Library? Usage statistics of Wiley InterScience. Laura Sampson, Bryony Urquhart. P101: Are you listening? Podcasts from The Cochrane Library: a review of 2008. Laura Sampson, Bryony Urquhart, Mike Clarke. P102: Obesity in childhood: how do we make the most of what we know? Josephine Kavanagh, James Thomas, Kathryn Oliver, Rebecca Rees, Helen Roberts, Claire Stansfield, Catherine Aicken, Lisa Arai. P103: Promoting evidence-informed decision making: a case of mentoring in one health unit. Paula Robeson, Sue Fernane, Adele Lane, Maureen Dobbins. P104: Effective collaboration between the Cochrane HIV/AIDS Group and the World Health Organization. Tara Horvath, Nandi Siegfried, Gail Kennedy, Eliza Humphreys, George Rutherford. P105: Thumbs up, thumbs down: an analysis of online user ratings of summaries of systematic reviews. Hilda Bastian, Mona Nasser, Andreas Waltering. P106: Use of Cochrane reviews in the Canadian common drug review reports. Vijay Shukla, George Wells. P107: Adaptation as method for clinical practice guideline development or implementation: a systematic review update. Juan Sebastian Castillo, Paola Andrea Mosquera, Ana Marcela Torres, Ludovic Reveiz, Diana Rocio Tellez, Jefferson Antonio Buendia, Rodrigo Pardo. P108: Developing rapid evidence summaries to aid decision making following a natural disaster. Burns Evidence Summaries Team. P109: Knowledge mapping for research prioritization: examples from the Network for Justice Health. Catherine Gallagher, Faye Taxman, Stuart Kinner, Jodie Doyle, Mónica Pardo-Rengifo, Kimberley Mehlman-Orozco, Ajima Olaghere, Nick Royle, Luis Gabriel Cuervo. Attended Poster Session 5 Wednesday 14 Oct 09, 10:45-11:15h Statistical methods P110: A simulation study of methods for imputing data from continuous outcomes: effects on results from primary studies and results from meta-analysis. Jan Odgaard-Jensen. P111: Heterogeneity estimates fluctuate according to the number of pooled trials. Kristian Thorlund, Jørn Wetterslev, Bradley Johnston, Tahany Awad, Christian Gluud. P112: Frequentist and Bayesian multiple-treatments meta-analyses of rare events: risk of malignancies following anti-TNF therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Kristian Thorlund, George A Wells, Henning Bliddal, Christian Gluud, Robin Christensen. P113: Synthesis of individual data from case reports and case series on survival. Frank Peinemann, Mandy Hildebrandt, Michael Kulig, Annegret Herrmann-Frank. P114: Use of the number needed to treat (NNT) in Cochrane reviews. Mandy Hildebrandt, Nina Dormann, Ralf Bender. P115: Subgroup analyses in individual patient data meta-analysis: are they confounded? Rolf Groenwold, Roger Donders, Geert van der Heijden, Arno Hoes, Maroeska Rovers. P116: Empirical evidence on the validity of adjusted indirect comparison: an updated review. Fujian Song, Yoon Loke, Tanay Walsh, Ann-Mary Glenny, Alison Eastwood, Jon Deeks, Doug Altman. P117: Questioning the methodological superiority of ‘placebo’ over ‘active’ controlled trials. Jeremy Howick. P118: Incorporating multiple interventions in meta-analysis: mixed treatment comparisons or adjusted indirect comparisons. Chris O'Regan, Edward Mills, Gordon Guyatt. P119: Individual patient data meta-analysis of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation trials in preterm infants: addressing questions left unanswered by aggregate data meta-analysis. Filip Cools, Lisa Askie, Martin Offringa on behalf of the PreVILIG Collaborative Group. P120: Converting Peto’s odds ratio to risk difference. Wilson Tam, Jin Ling Tang. P121: How do meta-analysts actually interpret meta-analyses? Ian Shrier, Russell J Steele, Mary Ellen Macdonald, Franco Carnevale. P122: When treatments can be combined: example of infection prophylaxis in cancer patients. Christine Herbst, Frauke Naumann, Julia Bohlius, Sofia Dias, Peter Jüni, Andreas Engert. P123: Meta analysis of continuous covariates in observational studies. Willi Sauerbrei, Patrick Royston. P124: Combining parallel and cross-over studies in meta-analysis: a practical example. Joost Romme, Hans Reitsma, Catherine Black, Nancy Colman, Rob Scholten, Wouter Wieling, Nynke Van Dijk. P125: Analytic methods to bridging the gap between randomized controlled trials and observational studies. Brice Kitio Dschassi, Mireille Cecchin, Patrice Dosquet. P126: Individual patient data meta-analyses: experience of the Cochrane Hematological Malignancies Group (CHMG). Corinne Brillant, Julia Bohlius, Jeremy Franklin, Heinz Haverkamp, Olaf Weingart, Andreas Engert. P127: Cluster randomised trials in Cochrane reviews of infectious diseases. Sarah Donegan, Brian Faragher, Paul Garner. Diagnostic test accuracy review methods P128: Including evidence about the impact of tests on patient management in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy. Lukas P Staub, Sarah J Lord, Nehmat Houssami. P129: How to evaluate emerging technologies in cervical screening? Marc Arbyn, Guglielmo Ronco, Nicolas Wentzensen, Cindy Simeons, Jack Cuzick, Philip E Castle. P130: Do patient characteristics influence accuracy of hysterosalpingography in the diagnosis of tubal pathology? An individual patient data meta-analysis. KA Broeze, Brent C Opmeer, SF Coppus, J Den Hartog, PJ Van Der Linden, A Strandell, A Idahl, P Marianowski, E Ng, JW Van Der Steeg, BW Mol for the IPD MA Tuba Study Group. P131: Diagnostic meta-analysis of computer tomography in patients with acute abdominal pain. Helmut Sitter, Nicola Goerler, Johannes Heverhagen.