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Table 1 Included reviews

From: Improving search efficiency for systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy: an exploratory study to assess the viability of limiting to MEDLINE, EMBASE and reference checking

Review

Topic

Number of included studies

Number and names of databases searched

Holmes (2014)

Routine echocardiography in the management of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)

51

(n = 9) MEDLINEa, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CDSR, NHS DARE, HTA, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsycINFO

Ward (2013)

Gene expression profiling and expanded immunohistochemistry tests to guide the use of adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

32

(n = 8) MEDLINEa, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CDSR, NHS DARE, HTA, BIOSIS, Web of Science

Simpson (2013)

Echocardiography in newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation patients

44

(n = 7) MEDLINEa, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CDSR, NHS DARE, HTA, Web of Science

Goodacre (2013)

Diagnostic strategies for suspected acute coronary syndrome

40

(n = 8) MEDLINEa, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CDSR, NHS DARE, HTA, CINAHL, Web of Science

Stevenson (2012)

Non-invasive diagnostic assessment tools for the detection of liver fibrosis in patients with suspected alcohol-related liver disease

17

(n = 9) MEDLINEa, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CDSR, NHS DARE, HTA, CINAHL, Web of Science, BIOSIS

Cooper (2011)

Imaging for the assessment of axillary lymph node metastases in early breast cancer

45

(n = 9) MEDLINEa, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CDSR, NHS DARE, HTA, CINAHL, Web of Science, BIOSIS

Sutcliffe (2009)

Classical and novel biomarkers as prognostic risk factors for localised prostate cancer

30

(n = 9) MEDLINEa, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CDSR, NHS DARE, HTA, CINAHL, Web of Science, BIOSIS

Pandor (2004)

Neonatal screening for inborn errors of metabolism using tandem mass spectrometry

15

(n = 10) MEDLINEa, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CDSR, NHS DARE, HTA, CINAHL, Web of Science, BIOSIS, HMIC

Kaltenthaler (2004)

magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography compared with diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

28

(n = 9) MEDLINEa, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CDSR, NHS DARE, HTA, CINAHL, Web of Science, BIOSIS

 

Total

302

 
  1. aIncluding MEDLINE in-process and other non-indexed citations
  2. CENTRAL Cochrane Central Database of Controlled Trials, CDSR Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, DARE NHS Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, HTA Health Technology Assessment database, CINAHL Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, various databases Web of Science, BIOSIS previews/biological abstracts, HMIC Health Management Information Consortium