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SynthesisArchives of dermatological research2021

What are the highest yielding search strategy terms for systematic reviews in atopic dermatitis? A systematic review.

Marissa T Ayasse, Adnan Ahmed, Maria L Espinosa, Christina J Walker, Muhammad Yousaf, Jacob P Thyssen, Jonathan I Silverberg

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Synthesis in Archives of dermatological research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marissa T AyasseDepartment of Dermatology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 2B-425, Washington, DC, 20037, USA.
Adnan AhmedDepartment of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Maria L EspinosaDepartment of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Christina J WalkerDepartment of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Muhammad YousafDepartment of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jacob P ThyssenDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark.
Jonathan I SilverbergDepartment of Dermatology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 2B-425, Washington, DC, 20037, USA. JonathanISilverberg@Gmail.com.
Northwestern University · USGeorge Washington University · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of search strategies on systematic reviews (SR) of atopic dermatitis (AD) is unknown. The purpose of this review was to evaluate search strategies used in SR of AD and their impact on the frequency of manuscripts identified. MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched for SR related to AD. Simulations were performed by running combinations of search terms in MEDLINE and EMBASE. Overall, 250 SR met inclusion criteria, of which 225 specified search strategies. SR using 5-6 terms (20.0% to 12.1%) or ≥ 7 (40.0% to 18.8%) terms decreased, whereas SR using 3-4 terms numerically increased (18.8% to 30.2%) and 1-2 terms remained similar (37.5% to 38.9%) from 1999-2009 to 2015-2019. The most commonly searched terms were "atopic dermatitis" (n = 166), followed by "eczema" (n = 156), "dermatitis atopic'" (n = 81), "atopic eczema" (n = 74), "neurodermatitis" (n = 59), "Besniers prurigo" (n = 29), "infantile eczema" (n = 27), and "childhood eczema" (n = 19). Simulations revealed that "eczema" and "atopic dermatitis" yielded the most hits. The number of search terms that maximized hits in MEDLINE and EMBASE was 5 and 4, respectively. Search strategies for AD were heterogeneous, with high proportions of search strategies providing few search hits. Future studies should use standardized and optimized search terms.

Indexed as

Dermatitis, AtopicSystematic Reviews as TopicHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalAtopic dermatitisEczemaEvidence-based medicineMeta-analysisNeurodermatitis

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PMID33221950
OpenAlexW3107953685

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