Additional file 1: of Utilization of surgical safety checklists by urological surgeons in Germany: a nationwide prospective survey

Examples of different surgical safety checklists used to improve patient safety. A: World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist, B: Surgical Safety Checklist used in Canada, C: Colorado hospital association Surgical Safety Checklist used in Colorado/USA, D: Surgical Safety Checklist used by University Hospital Frankfurt in Germany. (PDF 711 kb

Bubble chart visualising the 100 most frequently used words in tweets in the #KidneyStones online discussion on Twitter.

<p>The larger the bubble, the more a word is used. Colours only aid differentiation and have no other significance.</p

Top 100 influencers in the #KidneyStones online discussion on Twitter according to tweet volume stratified by healthcare category.

<p>Healthcare organisation consists of 8% provider, 1% government, 15% advocate/support and 13% other healthcare organisations (from darker blue to lighter blue). Healthcare individual consists of 13% doctors, 2% healthcare practitioners and 4% other healthcare individuals (from darker turquoise to lighter turquoise).</p

Overview of tweet activity for the #KidneyStones online discussion on Twitter over a time period of one year.

<p>Overview of tweet activity for the #KidneyStones online discussion on Twitter over a time period of one year.</p

Geolocation of users contributing to the #KidneyStones online discussion on Twitter.

<p>The colour tone reflects the number of users per country: the colour shifts from light tones (countries with few or no users) to dark tones (countries with many users).</p

GnRH antagonist versus standard AST

RevMan data file of data analysis/meta-analysis. For details on patient characteristics, characteristics of included studies, risk of bias assessment and evaluation of quality of evidence according to GRADE see published manuscript (BMJ Open

Tweet activity for the #KidneyStones online discussion on Twitter during the one year period.

<p>The weekly numbers of tweets are represented as columns.</p

Summary of clinical and pathological features and group differences between pRCC subtypes (pRCC subtypes, n = 429).

<p>Summary of clinical and pathological features and group differences between pRCC subtypes (pRCC subtypes, n = 429).</p

Uni- and multivariate Cox cause-specific hazards analysis of pRCC, ccRCC, and pRCC subtypes (type 1 and type 2) and clinical and pathological variables for the prediction of cancer-specific mortality in patients with metastatic RCC in the post tyrosine kinase inhibitor era.

<p>Uni- and multivariate Cox cause-specific hazards analysis of pRCC, ccRCC, and pRCC subtypes (type 1 and type 2) and clinical and pathological variables for the prediction of cancer-specific mortality in patients with metastatic RCC in the post tyrosine kinase inhibitor era.</p

Uni- and multivariate Cox cause-specific hazards analysis of pRCC, ccRCC, and pRCC subtypes (type 1 and type 2) and clinical/ pathological variables for the prediction of cancer-specific mortality in patients with non-metastatic and metastatic RCC.

<p>Uni- and multivariate Cox cause-specific hazards analysis of pRCC, ccRCC, and pRCC subtypes (type 1 and type 2) and clinical/ pathological variables for the prediction of cancer-specific mortality in patients with non-metastatic and metastatic RCC.</p