Relevo Rose
Oregon Health & Science University
This chapter discusses appropriate techniques for developing search strategies for systematic reviews of medical tests. It offers general advice for searching for systematic reviews and also addresses issues specific to systematic reviews of medical tests. Diagnostic search filters are currently not sufficiently developed for use when searching for systematic reviews. Instead, authors should construct a highly sensitive search strategy that uses both controlled vocabulary and text words. A comprehensive search should include multiple databases and sources of grey literature. A list of subject-specific databases is provided.
本章讨论了为医学检验系统评价制定检索策略的适当技术。它提供了检索系统评价的一般建议,还阐述了医学检验系统评价特有的问题。目前,诊断检索过滤器在检索系统评价时还不够完善,无法使用。相反,作者应构建一个高度敏感的检索策略,该策略同时使用受控词汇和文本词。全面的检索应包括多个数据库和灰色文献来源。文中提供了一份特定主题数据库的列表。