Abstracts must be submitted in English. A “blind” selection process will be used. No identifying features such as names of hospitals, medical schools, clinics or cities may be listed in the title or text of the abstract. Do not include the names of authors either. Their names and affiliations (institutions) will be registered separately when submitting the abstract online. There is no limit for the number of authors that can be included in one abstract.
There is no limit for the number of abstracts that one author can submit either.
The title should not be written entirely in capital letters (e.g. NOT LIKE THIS).
The size of the abstract is limited to 3,000 characters. The submission program will automatically calculate the size of your abstract and will not allow submissions that do not fit in the size requirements.
Figures and tables are allowed and they are not taken into consideration in the word count.
Abstract title and authors’s names and affiliations are not included in the word count neither, since they are specified in different steps of the abstract submission and do not need to be included in the abstract body.
On the other hand, headings (Introduction, Material and methods, Results, Discussion) count towards the 3’000-character limit.
The template of the abstract is structured with the following subheadings:
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Discussion
If your abstract describes a case report, you can insert the whole text under the “Results” section.
Encore abstracts are allowed.
Check spelling and grammar carefully. Direct reproduction from your electronically submitted abstract text means that any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific data will be reproduced as submitted.
Use generic names. The use of commercial drug names, brands and registered trademarks are strictly prohibited. Drugs should be referred to by the active substance or pharmacological designation.
No mention of pharmaceutical company names should be included in the abstract either.
The evaluation and scoring of the abstract (acceptance as poster or as oral communication, or rejection) will be made according to a number of criteria, including:
- Is the content interesting, informative, novel or important?
- Are the methods valid, the results relevant and the conclusions justified by the data?
- Is the data presented with clarity and in an appropriate structure?
- Is the text well written in English with a clear syntactic style?
The authors should specify if they prefer their submission to be considered for:
- e-Poster presentation only
- Oral presentation only
- Indifferent