Supplementary Table 2 Guideline country of origin, funding body, declaration of conflicts of interest, and disciplines included in guideline development

Guidelines endorsed by a professional body (n = 21) / Country / Funding body / Conflict of interest / Disciplines included in guideline development
International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis (Atlanta Symposium)29, 1993 / International / Pharmaceutical and medical device companies / Undeclared / Anatomy, gastroenterology, internal medicine, pathology, radiology, surgery
American College of Gastroenterology31, 1997 / USA / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Gastroenterology
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract32, 1998 / International / Undeclared / Undeclared / Not specified
British Society of Gastroenterology33, 1998 / UK / Undeclared / Undeclared / Internal medicine, radiology, surgery
Italian Association for Study of the Pancreas35, 1999 / Italy / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Emergency medicine, gastroenterology, internal medicine, pathology, surgery
Santorini Consensus Conference36, 1999 / International / Pharmaceutical and biotech companies / Undeclared / Anatomy, gastroenterology, internal medicine, pathology, radiology, surgery
Sociétié Nationale Française de Gastro-Entérologie37, 2001 / France / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Critical care medicine, gastroenterology, radiology, surgery
International Association of Pancreatology38, 2002 / International / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Gastroenterology, internal medicine, surgery
World Congress of Gastroenterology39, 2002 / International / Undeclared / Undeclared / Not specified
Japanese Society of Abdominal Emergency Medicine40, 2002 / Japan / Medical society / Undeclared / *Emergency medicine, critical care, gastroenterology, internal medicine, surgery
European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism42, 2002 / International / Undeclared / Undeclared / Critical care, gastroenterology, nutrition, surgery
American Thoracic Society16, 17, 2004 / USA / Medical societies / Unknown** / Critical care medicine, internal medicine, surgery
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract45, 2004 / International / Undeclared / Undeclared / Not specified
British Society of Gastroenterology46, 2005 / UK / Medical society / No / Gastroenterology, surgery
Chinese Society of Gastroenterology47, 2005 / China / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Gastroenterology
American College of Gastroenterology49, 2006 / USA / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Gastroenterology
Japanese Society of Abdominal Emergency Medicine18-25, 2006 / Japan / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Critical care medicine, economics, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, surgery
Research Committee of Intractable Diseases of the Pancreas50, 2006 / Japan / Medical society / Undeclared / *Critical care medicine, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, internal medicine, surgery
American College of Radiology51, 2006 / USA / Undeclared / Undeclared / Not specified
American Gastroenterological Association26, 27, 2007 / USA / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Gastroenterology
Italian Association for Study of the Pancreas54, 2008 / Italy / Undeclared / No / *Gastroenterology, internal medicine, surgery
Guidelines without official endorsement (n = 9)
Moorehouse28, 1988 / USA / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Nursing
McFadden30, 1994 / USA / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Surgery
Watanabe34, 1998 / Japan / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Gastroenterology
Wu41, 2002 / China / Undeclared / No / *Gastroenterology
ADIS International43, 2002 / Not specified / Undeclared / Undeclared / Not specified
Ignjatovic44, 2004 / Serbia
Montenegro / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Medical biochemistry, surgery
Alexaxis48, 2005 / UK / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Surgery
Carroll52, 2007 / USA / Undeclared / No / *Community medicine, family medicine
Puchalski53, 2007 / Poland / Undeclared / Undeclared / *Gastroenterology, surgery

*Disciplines only able to be determined from author affiliations

**Conflicts of interest declared to endorsing professional body but not made public