Cochrane Renal Group

Search Strategies

The following strategies (also called search filters or clinical queries) are used by the Cochrane Renal Group as part of each search strategy for locating randomised controlled trials [RCTs]

  • Medline [for use with OVID's Medline]
  • Embase [for use with OVID's Embase]

Medline RCT strategy

  1. randomized controlled trial.pt.
  2. controlled clinical trial.pt.
  3. randomized.ab
  4. placebo.ab
  5. clinical trials as topic/
  6. randomly.ab
  7. (crossover or cross-over).tw.
  8. trial.ti.
  9. or/1-8
  10. humans/
  11. and/9-10
    12. l\

Embase RCT strategy

  1. randomized controlled trial/
  2. crossover procedure/
  3. double-blind procedure/
  4. single-blind procedure/
  5. random$.tw.
  6. factorial$.tw
  7. (crossover$ or cross-over$).tw.
  8. placebo$.tw.
  9. (double$ adj blind$).tw.
  10. (singl$ adj blind$).tw.
  11. assign$.tw.
  12. allocat$.tw.
  13. volunteer$.tw.
  14. or/1-13

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New protocols in
Cochrane Library
Issue 4 April 2008

Calcium channel blockers for ureteral stones
Dietary interventions for preventing complications in idiopathic hypercalciuria
Education programmes for people with diabetic kidney disease


17th Cochrane Colloquium
Singapore
11-14 Oct 2009

 

Systematic Review Workshops

2 workshops are planned for 2009 in July & December at the
Centre for Kidney Research
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
[Details]

Are you interested in writing a review?

Contact us for potential review titles!

Help us with our Renal Trials Register

Do you have conference proceedings [books or cd-roms] that you no longer need or could lend to us for hadsearching? If so, email Ruth Mitchell for details

Handsearching

Are you interested in helping us handsearch journals or conference proceedings. To find out more about our handsearching activities, email Ruth Mitchell