BACKGROUND When conducting systematic reviews, it is essential to perform a comprehensive literature search to identify all published studies relevant to the specific research question. The Cochrane Collaborations Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) guidelines state that searching MEDLINE, EMBASE and CENTRAL should be considered mandatory. The aim of this study ...

Authors and indexers are increasingly including terms for adverse drug effects in the titles, abstracts, or indexing of records in MEDLINE and Embase. However, it is not clear if this is the same for studies with nondrug adverse effects data. We therefore assessed the feasibility of using adverse effects terms when searching MEDLINE or Embase to retrieve papers of nondrug adverse effects. A col...

Methods We conducted a systematic search of Medline, EMBASE, and Global Health for studies on asthma published between 1990 and 2012. We included cross-sectional population based studies providing numerical estimates on the prevalence of asthma. We calculated weighted mean prevalence and applied an epidemiological model linking age with the prevalence of asthma. The UN population figures for Af...

There is a paucity of evidence regarding long-term outcomes of Background: late preterm (34-36 weeks) and early term (37-38 weeks) delivery. The objective of this systematic review was to assess long-term cognitive outcomes of children born at these gestations. Four electronic databases (Medline, Embase, clinicaltrials.gov and Methods: PsycINFO) were searched. Last search was 5 August 2016. ...

Methods We searched electronic databases (Pubmed, EMBASE, Central) from 1996 to 2010 using keywords, “protease inhibitor”, “antiretroviral”, “monotherapy”, relevant drug names and standard “HIV” and “RCT” search strings on March 22, 2010, without limits to language. We searched major HIV-related conferences manually from 2007 and contacted experts. Two reviewers independently assessed citations...

Methods This review used a systematic process to assess the effectiveness of intervention studies focused on behaviour change within IPC and the extent to which BT or SM has been applied. Exploratory studies that seek to understand influences on HCWs behaviour in IPC were reviewed. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, ASSIA, Business Source Complete, The Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, DARE and HMIC for st...

Background and Purpose—The proportion of incompletely occluded aneurysms after coiling varies widely between studies. To assess overall outcome of coiling, we systematically reviewed the literature to determine initial occlusion, reopening, and retreatment rates of coiled aneurysms according to predefined criteria and subgroups. Methods—We searched PubMed and EMBASE (January 1999 to September 2...