Tutorial Figures

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...

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

caption An unindexed record from PubMed is shown above.  You can tell that this record is not yet a MEDLINE record because there is  no  "[Indexed for MEDLINE]" note under the PMID .  The arrow in the figure indicates the position at which such a note would appear if present.    Records lacking the "[Indexed for MEDLINE]" note are either: Pre-MEDLINE records  Records for items in publications not indexed by MEDLINE. 

A MEDLINE record from PubMed is shown above.  It is being viewed in the "Abstract" format. Note: The "[Indexed for MEDLINE]" note (underlined in figure) appears below the abstract and PMID number .   A, usually collapsed, area of the record contains any "Publication type" labels, the MeSH terms, and any "Substance" terms (see arrows in figure).