Table 2 Search strategy: Ovid MEDLINE(R) in-process and other non-indexed citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to January 29, 2015
1 | exp Child/ |
2 | child*.mp. |
3 | exp Adolescent/ |
4 | exp Pediatrics/ |
5 | peadiatric*.mp. |
6 | juvenile.mp. |
7 | teen*.mp. |
8 | exp Young Adult/ |
9 | young.tw. |
10 | young adult*.mp. |
11 | adolescen*.mp. |
12 | youth.mp. |
13 | pediatric*.mp. |
14 | Or/1 - 13 |
15 | exp Polycystic Ovary Syndrome/ |
16 | polycystic ovar*.mp. |
17 | pcos.tw. |
18 | Stein-Leventhal syndrome.mp. |
19 | exp Hyperandrogenism/ |
20 | exp Hirsutism/ |
21 | Hirsutism.tw. |
22 | Hyperandrogen$.tw. |
23 | (polycystic ovar* adj3 (syndrome or disorder or disease)).tw. |
24 | Or/15 - 23 |
25 | exp metformin/ |
26 | metformin.tw. |
27 | glucophage.tw. |
28 | Glumetza.tw. |
29 | Riomet.tw. |
30 | fortamet.tw. |
31 | exp Contraceptives, Oral/ |
32 | oral contraceptiv*.tw. |
33 | ocp.tw. |
34 | Yasmin.tw. |
35 | Desogen.tw. |
36 | diane.tw. |
37 | Mircette.tw. |
38 | Cyclessa.tw. |
39 | Ortho Tri-Cyclen.tw. |
40 | Ortho-Cyclen.tw. |
41 | exp spironolactone/ |
42 | spironolactone.tw. |
43 | aldactone.tw. |
44 | exp Flutamide/ |
45 | Flutamide.tw. |
46 | pioglitazone.mp. |
47 | actos.tw. |
48 | exp Life Style/ |
49 | exp Health Promotion/ |
50 | Diet Therapy/ |
51 | exp Exercise/ |
52 | Or/25-51 |
53 | randomized controlled trial.pt. |
54 | Controlled clinical trial.pt. |
55 | randomized.ab. |
56 | placebo.ab. |
57 | clinical trials as topic.sh. |
58 | randomly.ab. |
59 | trial.ti. |
60 | Or/53 - 59 |
61 | 14 and 24 and 52 and 60 |
62 | clomiphene.ti. |
63 | pregnancy.ti. |
64 | 62 or 63 |
65 | 61 not 64 |
Embase 1974 to 2015 January 27 | |
1 | child*.mp. |
2 | peadiatric*.mp. |
3 | juvenile.mp. |
4 | teen*.mp. |
5 | exp Young Adult/ |
6 | young.tw. |
7 | young adult*.mp. |
8 | adolescen*.mp. |
9 | youth.mp. |
10 | pediatric*.mp. |
11 | exp pediatrics/ |
12 | adolescent/ |
13 | child/ |
14 | 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 |
15 | exp ovary polycystic disease/ |
16 | polycystic ovar*.mp. |
17 | PCOS.mp. |
18 | Stein-Leventhal syndrome.mp. |
19 | exp hirsutism/ |
20 | Hirsutism.tw. |
21 | exp hyperandrogenism/ |
22 | Hyperandrogen$.tw. |
23 | exp metformin/ |
24 | metformin.tw. |
25 | glucophage.tw. |
26 | Glumetza.tw. |
27 | Riomet.tw. |
28 | fortamet.tw. |
29 | exp oral contraceptive agent/ |
30 | oral contraceptiv*.tw. |
31 | ocp.tw. |
32 | Yasmin.tw. |
33 | Desogen.tw. |
34 | diane.tw. |
35 | Mircette.tw. |
36 | Cyclessa.tw. |
37 | Ortho Tri-Cyclen.tw. |
38 | Ortho-Cyclen.tw. |
39 | exp spironolactone/ |
40 | aldactone.tw. |
41 | exp flutamide/ |
42 | exp pioglitazone/ |
43 | pioglitazone.tw. |
44 | actos.tw. |
45 | exp lifestyle/ |
46 | exp health promotion/ |
47 | exp diet therapy/ |
48 | exp exercise/ |
49 | 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38 or 39 or 40 or 41 or 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46 or 47 or 48 |
50 | random.tw. |
51 | placebo.mp. |
52 | Double blind.tw. |
53 | Single blind.tw. |
54 | 50 or 51 or 52 or 53 |
55 | pregnancy.ti. |
56 | clomiphene.ti. |
57 | 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 |
58 | 55 or 56 |
59 | 14 and 49 and 54 and 57 |
60 | 59 not 58 |
Cochrane central: search up to 30/01/2015 20 | |
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Adolescent] explode all trees | |
#2 MeSH descriptor: [Child] explode all trees | |
#3 MeSH descriptor: [Young Adult] explode all trees | |
#4 young adult.tw | |
#5 adolescen*.tw | |
#6 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 | |
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Polycystic Ovary Syndrome] explode all trees | |
#8 Stein Leventhal Syndrome or Polycystic Ovar* or PCOS. tw | |
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Hirsutism] explode all trees | |
#10 MeSH descriptor: [Hyperandrogenism] explode all trees | |
#11 hyperandrogen*. tw | |
#12 Hirsutism. tw | |
#13 #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 | |
#14 metformin or glucophage or pioglitazone or oral contraceptive pill or OCP or Ortho Tri-Cyclen or Ortho-CyclenCyclessa or Mircette or Yasmin or diane or Desogen or Flutamide or spironolactone or aldactone. tw | |
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Metformin] explode all trees | |
#16 MeSH descriptor: [Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal] explode all trees | |
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Spironolactone] explode all trees | |
#18 MeSH descriptor: [Flutamide] explode all trees | |
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Life Style] explode all trees | |
#20 #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 | |
#21 #7 and #13 and #20 in Trials | |