Chapter 4: Effective Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests

Finding evidence for comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program

(2011) Rose Relevo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Inclusion of methodological filters in searches for diagnostic test accuracy studies misses relevant studies

(2010) Penny Whiting et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Diagnostic test systematic reviews: Bibliographic search filters (“Clinical Queries”) for diagnostic accuracy studies perform well

(2009) Monika Kastner et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Developing a Sensitive Search Strategy in MEDLINE to Retrieve Studies on Assessment of the Diagnostic Performance of Imaging Techniques

(2008) Margaret P. Astin et al.   RADIOLOGY

Searching Additional Databases Except PubMed Are Necessary for a Systematic Review

(2008) Ming-Hua Zheng et al.   STROKE

Systematic reviews of test accuracy should search a range of databases to identify primary studies

(2007) Penny Whiting et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY