Table 3 Search strategy for the cardiovascular disease and hormone replacement therapy and randomized control trial search
Exposure, outcome, and design terms of the PECOD question | |
|---|---|
1 | Exp cardiovascular diseases/ |
2 | Cardio*.tw. |
3 | Cardia*.tw. |
4 | Heart*.tw. |
5 | Coronary.tw. |
6 | Angina*.tw. |
7 | Ventric*.tw. |
8 | Myocard*.tw. |
9 | Pericard*.tw. |
10 | Isch?em*.tw. |
11 | Emboli*.tw. |
12 | Arrhythmi*.tw. |
13 | Thrombo*.tw. |
14 | Atrial fibrillat*.tw. |
15 | Tachycardi*.tw. |
16 | Endocardi*.tw. |
17 | (Sick adj sinus).tw. |
18 | Exp Stroke/ |
19 | (Stroke or strokes).tw. |
20 | Cerebrovasc*.tw. |
21 | Cerebral vascular.tw. |
22 | Apoplexy.tw. |
23 | (Brain adj2 accident*).tw. |
24 | ((Brain* or cerebral or lacunar) adj2 infarct*).tw. |
25 | Exp hypertension/ |
26 | (Hypertension$ or hypertensive$).tw. |
27 | Peripheral arter* disease*.tw. |
28 | ((High or increased or elevated) adj2 blood pressure).tw. |
29 | Exp hyperlipidemias/ |
30 | Hyperlipid*.tw. |
31 | Hypercholesterol*.tw. |
32 | Hyperlipoprotein?emia*.tw. |
33 | Hypertriglycerid?emia*.tw. |
34 | Exp arteriosclerosis/ |
35 | Exp cholesterol/ |
36 | Cholesterol.tw. |
37 | ‘Coronary risk factor*’.tw. |
38 | Blood pressure/ |
39 | Blood pressure.tw. |
40 | or/1-39 |
41 | Exp hormone replacement therapy/ |
42 | Hormone replacement therap$.tw. |
43 | (HRT or ERT or ORT).ti,ab. |
44 | Exp estrogen replacement therapy/ |
45 | (Hormone adj3 replacement adj3 therap$).mp. |
46 | (?Estrogen adj3 replacement adj3 therap$).mp. |
47 | ?Estrogen replacement therap$.tw. |
48 | ?Estradiol replacement therap$.tw. |
49 | Hormone therap$.tw. |
50 | Postmenopausal hormone therap$.tw. |
51 | Post-menopausal hormone therap$.tw. |
52 | 41 or 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46 or 47 or 48 or 49 or 50 or 51 |
53 | Postmenopause.tw. |
54 | Exp postmenopause/ |
55 | MENOPAUS$4.tw. |
56 | POSTMENOPAUS$4.tw. |
57 | POST-MENOPAUS$4.tw. |
58 | Exp menopause/ |
59 | Exp perimenopause/ |
60 | Peri-menopaus$.tw. |
61 | Perimenopaus$.tw. |
62 | ?estrogen.tw. |
63 | Exp estrogens/ |
64 | ?estradiol.tw. |
65 | Exp estradiol/ |
66 | 62 or 63 or 64 or 65 |
67 | or/53-61 |
68 | 66 and 67 |
69 | 52 or 68 |
70 | Randomized controlled trial.pt. |
71 | Controlled clinical trial.pt. |
72 | Randomized.ab. |
73 | Placebo.ab. |
74 | Drug therapy.fs. |
75 | Randomly.ab. |
76 | Trial.ab. |
77 | Groups.ab. |
78 | 70 or 71 or 72 or 73 or 74 or 75 or 76 or 77 |
79 | Limit 78 to animals |
80 | Limit 78 to (animals and humans) |
81 | 79 not 80 |
82 | 78 not 81 |
83 | Exp mortality/ |
84 | Exp survival rate/ |
85 | All cause mortality.tw. |
86 | Mortality.tw. |
87 | Cause of death.tw. |
88 | Exp death/ |
89 | Death.tw. |
90 | Exp “Cause of death”/ |
91 | Survival rate.tw. |
92 | 83 or 84 or 85 or 86 or 87 or 88 or 89 or 90 or 91 |
93 | 40 or 92 |
94 | 69 and 82 and 93 |
95 | Fabry.tw. |
96 | Fabry’s.tw. |
97 | 95 or 96 |
98 | Growth hormone.tw. |
99 | 97 or 98 |
100 | 94 not 99 |