Table 1 Search strategy to identify citations on tests used to predict pre-eclampsia
From: Prediction of pre-eclampsia: a protocol for systematic reviews of test accuracy
MEDLINE |
   1. preeclamp* OR eclamp* OR pre-eclamp* OR (pre AND eclamp*) OR (pregnan* AND hypertens*) |
   2. ("Eclampsia"[MeSH] OR "Gestosis, EPH"[MeSH] OR ("Hypertension"[MeSH] AND "Pregnancy"[MeSH])) |
   3. "Sensitivity and Specificity"[MeSH] OR predict* OR diagnose* OR diagnosi* OR diagnost* OR accura* |
(1 OR 2) AND 3 (diagnosis) |
   4. (((((("cohort studies"[mh] OR "case-control studies"[MeSH Terms]) OR "risk"[mh]) OR "epidemiologic factors"[MeSH Terms]) OR ("odds"[tw] AND "ratio*"[tw])) OR ("relative"[tw] AND "risk"[tw])) OR ("case"[tw] AND "control*"[tw])) |
(1 OR 2) AND 4 (aetiology) |
EMBASE |
   1. exp "ECLAMPSIA AND PREECLAMPSIA"/ |
   2. exp PREGNANCY/ |
   3. exp hypertension/ |
   4. 2 and 3 |
   5. 1 or 4 |
   6. (preeclamp$ or eclamp$ or pre-eclamp$ or (pre and eclamp$) or (pregnan$ and hypertens$)).mp. |
   7. (sensitiv$ or detect$ or accura$ or specific$ or reliab$ or positive or negative or diagnos$).mp. or di.fs. |
   8. 5 or 6 |
   9. 7 and 8 (diagnosis) |
   10. cohort analysis/ |
   11. exp risk/ |
   12. (odds$ adj ratio$).mp. |
   13. (relative adj risk).mp. |
   14. case control study/ |
   15. (case$ adj control$).mp. |
   16. (causa$ or predispos$).mp. |
   17. or/10–16 |
   18. 5 or 6 |
   19. 17 and 18 (aetiology) |
Cochrane Library |
Set 1 |
   1. preeclamp* OR eclamp* OR pre-eclamp* OR (pre AND eclamp*) OR (pregnan* AND hypertens*) in All Fields in all procucts |
Set 2 |
   2. MeSH descriptor Eclampsia explode all trees in MeSH products |
   3. MeSH descriptor Hypertension explode all trees in MeSH products |
   4. MeSH descriptor Pregnancy explode all trees in MeSH products |
   5. (#2 OR (#3 AND #4)) |
Set 3 |
   6. MeSH descriptor Sensitivity and Specificity explode all trees in MeSH products |
   7. Predict* OR diagnose* OR diagnosi* OR diagnost* OR accura* in All Fields |
   8. (#6 OR #7) |
(1 OR 2) AND 3 (diagnosis) |
Set 4 |
   1. MeSH descriptor Cohort Studies explode all trees in MeSH products |
   2. MeSH descriptor Case-Control Studies explode all trees in MeSH products |
   3. MeSH descriptor Risk explode all trees in MeSH products |
   4. MeSH descriptor Epidemiologic Factors explode all trees in MeSH products |
   5. ((odds AND ratio) OR (relative AND risk) OR (case AND control)) in All Fields in all products |
   6. (#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5) |
(1 OR 2) AND 4 (aetiology) |