Posts

Introduction Dates and Search History

Image

Prisma Flow Chart Example

Image

Keyword Search History

Image
Copy the row containing "Filters: Humans; Randomized controlled trial; English" (blue highlighting  in figure) Paste the copied search statement under the "B. Keyword" heading in the template. Copy the row containing the "NOT MEDLINE[sb]" (green highlighting in figure) and paste it under the "II. Keyword search for unindexed PubMed records (PREMEDLINE, OLD MEDLINE, PMC)" heading in the figure. Copy the row contaiing  "Filters: Systematic Reviews" (pink highlighting  in figure) and paste it under the "III. Keyword search for indexed and unindexed PubMed records for systemic reviews" heading. The "search strategy figure" template with search strategies inserted is shown below: I. Search for MEDLINE records for randomized control trials A. MeSH ("eculizumab" [Supplementary Concept]) AND ( "Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal/drug therapy"[Mesh] OR "Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal/the

PubMed Datasets

Image

Types of Review Articles

Type of review article Are the literature search strategies described in the article? How much of the relevant literature is reviewed? Is data from different trials combined and re-analyzed? narrative review no at the discretion of the review's author no systematic review yes all high quality evidence no meta-analysis yes all high quality evidence yes

Search Steps

Image