Table 9

Sources of 11 published full-text articles on 12 RCTs: manufacturers, authors, congress proceedings, and authorities


Manufacturers
 Authors*
 Congress proceedings*
 Authorities*




No
 Full-text articles
 Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
 Blue Sky Medical

Experts 2003†
 Others
1
 Braakenburg 2006 [21]
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
2
 Stannard 2006 [80]‡
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
3
 Vuerstaek 2006 [23]
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
4
 Llanos 2006 [25]
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
5
 Armstrong 2005 [22]
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
6
 Moisidis 2004 [18]
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
7
 Moues 2004 [20]
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
8
 Eginton 2003 [17]
 +
 -
 -
 -
 +
 -
9
 Wanner 2003 [24]
 +
 -
 -
 -
 +
 -
10
 Ford 2002 [30]
 +
 -
 -
 -
 +
 -
11
 Joseph 2000 [19]
 +
 -
 -
 -
 +
 -


10
 0
 0
 0
 4
 0

* See Table 1.

† Citations submitted by experts to the German Federal Joint Committee.

‡ Stannard 2006 [80]: one article presenting preliminary results of 2 ongoing RCTs [40,41].

RCT: randomised controlled trial

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