SynthesisJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2009
Search strategies to identify information on adverse effects: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Locating unregistered and unreported data for use in a social science systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Adverse events associated with paediatric massage therapy: a systematic review.BMJ paediatrics open · 2020Pooled it
- Search strategies to identify observational studies in MEDLINE and Embase.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Mortality by country of birth in the Nordic countries - a systematic review of the literature.BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Gloves, gowns and masks for reducing the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the hospital setting.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Risks to patient safety associated with implementation of electronic applications for medication management in ambulatory care--a systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2013Pooled it
- Topical cyclosporine for atopic keratoconjunctivitis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Nurse-Led Medicines' Monitoring for Patients with Dementia in Care Homes: A Pragmatic Cohort Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised Trial.PloS one · 2015Trial
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- Search strategies (filters) to identify systematic reviews in MEDLINE and Embase.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Exploring the Experiences of Cancer Patients With Chemotherapy-Induced Ototoxicity: Qualitative Study Using Online Health Care Forums.JMIR cancer · 2019Article
- Identifying Common Methods Used by Drug Interaction Experts for Finding Evidence About Potential Drug-Drug Interactions: Web-Based Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Evidence map of studies evaluating methods for conducting, interpreting and reporting overviews of systematic reviews of interventions: rationale and design.Systematic reviews · 2016Article
- Failure or success of search strategies to identify adverse effects of medical devices: a feasibility study using a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2014Article
- Welcoming systematic reviews to the Journal of the Medical Library Association.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2014Article
- Open issues in intelligent personal health record--an updated status report for 2012.Journal of medical systems · 2013Article
- Completeness of published case reports on suspected adverse drug reactions: evaluation of 100 reports from a company safety database.Drug safety · 2010Article
- Using information mining of the medical literature to improve drug safety.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIAArticle
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Corrections and comments
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Abstract
objectivesThe review evaluated studies of electronic database search strategies designed to retrieve adverse effects data for systematic reviews.
methodsStudies of adverse effects were located in ten databases as well as by checking references, hand-searching, searching citations, and contacting experts. Two reviewers screened the retrieved records for potentially relevant papers.
resultsFive thousand three hundred thirteen citations were retrieved, yielding 19 studies designed to develop or evaluate adverse effect filters, of which 3 met the inclusion criteria. All 3 studies identified highly sensitive search strategies capable of retrieving over 95% of relevant records. However, 1 study did not evaluate precision, while the level of precision in the other 2 studies ranged from 0.8% to 2.8%. Methodological issues in these papers included the relatively small number of records, absence of a validation set of records for testing, and limited evaluation of precision.
conclusionsThe results indicate the difficulty of achieving highly sensitive searches for information on adverse effects with a reasonable level of precision. Researchers who intend to locate studies on adverse effects should allow for the amount of resources and time required to conduct a highly sensitive search.
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