evidence-search.md

Evidence search

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Inclusion criteria

Randomized trials of [disease] that compare [intervention] to placebo.

Reconciliation tables

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• Comparison of included studies with prior systematic reviews

PubMed

Boolean term searching

supraventricular tachycardia AND Valsalva AND random*

• Retrieves 5 articles in hand (100% sensitivity) (search 6/19/2017)
• 12 total citations found (search results reviewed 6/x/2017; 0 additional studies found)

Vector searching ('Related citations' search)

(under construction) Seed articles: PMIDs 26314489,28552271,28140013,9851958,2897005

• 595 citations
• 99 citations when above limited to years 2014 - 2017 (time period after Cochrane review)
  • X additional articles found

ClinicalTrials.gov

supraventricular tachycardia AND Valsalva

• 1 citations (search 6/19/2017)
  • NCT02216240 (PMID 27613170) did not meet inclusion criteria

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)

supraventricular tachycardia AND Valsalva

• 1 citations (search 6/19/2017)
  • http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005182/abstract (PMID 27613170) did not meet inclusion criteria

Cited reference searching

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Identifying seminal studies that are the most highly cited

Smith GD, Dyson K, Taylor D, Morgans A, Cantwell K. Effectiveness of the Valsalva Manoeuvre for reversion of supraventricular tachycardia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Mar 28;(3):CD009502. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009502.pub2. Review. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 PMID: 23543578.

• 17 citations (search 6/19/2017)

Mehta D, Wafa S, Ward DE, Camm AJ. Relative efficacy of various physical manoeuvres in the termination of junctional tachycardia. Lancet. 1988.PMID: 2897005.

• 105 citations (search 6/19/2017)

Searching 'random*' within the highly cited studies using Google Scholar

Mehta et al. (search date 4/21/2017)

• 12 citations (limited to citing articles containing random*)
• x additional studies found