Richtlijn: Otitis Externa - Kwaliteitskoepel

Bijlage 1 Zoekverantwoording
A MEDLINE search from 1966 through July 2005 was performed on PubMed with the terms “otitis
externa” (MeSH term) and “swimmer’s ear.” Titles and abstracts unrelated to AOE were excluded,
leaving 240 articles that were collated under these headings: risk factors (n _ 30), microbiology (n _
24), pharmacologic intervention (n _ 118), other interventions (n _ 17), epidemiology and practice
patterns (n _ 14), potential harms (n _ 30), and otomycosis (n _ 9). Citations and abstracts were
distributed to all group members to assist in formulating and prioritizing evidence-based statements.
In January 2010 an additional targeted MEDLINE search was performed through 2006 to supplement
the initial broad search. This resulted in 165 new articles, of which the RCT’s (18) and systematic
reviews (5) were selected. Below the search strategy is presented:
1 Otitis Externa/ (1887)
2 exp Otitis/ (22249)
3 (otitis or inflamm* or infect*).ab,ti. (1272877)
4 exp Ear, External/ (18451)
5 ((ear or "auditory canal") and externa*).ab,ti. (5352)
6 pinna.ab,ti. (1193)
7 (2 or 3) and (4 or 5 or 6) (4352)
8 ((swimmer* or tank or "hot weather" or tropical) adj ear).ab,ti. (19)
9 "ear*".ab,ti. (1013293)
10 8 and 9 (19)
11 1 or 8 or 10 (1892)
12 limit 11 to (yr="2006 -Current" and (dutch or english)) (165)
13 Systematische review (zoekfilter) > 5 refs.
14 randomized controlled trial (zoekfilter) > 18 refs.
66 Overigen (142)
41 Richtlijn Otitis Externa 2010
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