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Hyperbare Zuurstoftherapie: Rapid Assessment - KCE

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14 Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy <strong>KCE</strong> Reports 74<br />

3.2 LITERATURE SEARCHES ON CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS<br />

Most of the randomised clinical trials have been done in small groups and for many of<br />

the indications no proper randomised trials have been performed. We therefore<br />

focussed our search on meta-analyses and systematic reviews.<br />

Relevant literature was sought in Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Database of<br />

Systematic Reviews (CDSR), and the DARE, NHS-EED and HTA databases of the<br />

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD). We also searched for ongoing clinical<br />

trials in the Cochrane Central Register for Controlled Trials. Details of strategy and<br />

search results can be found in the appendix. In addition we searched<br />

http://www.hboevidence.com/, a specialized site for EBM information on HBOT for the<br />

most recent information.<br />

3.3 DATA SOURCES<br />

From the 372 references of potential systematic reviews and meta-analyses retrieved<br />

originally, we selected, based on title and abstract, 104 articles for further<br />

consideration. From these we finally selected 54 references (see Figure 1 for details on<br />

selection). We also identified an additional article and a thesis through hand searching. 1,<br />

19<br />

Figure 1. Identification and selection of systematic reviews and Meta-<br />

Analyses<br />

Hand searching: 2<br />

Potentially relevant citations<br />

identified (Medline, Embase,<br />

Cochrane, CRD): 372<br />

Studies retrieved for more<br />

detailed evaluation: 104<br />

Relevant publications 54<br />

Publications selected: 56<br />

Based on title and abstract evaluation,<br />

citations excluded: 268<br />

Reasons:<br />

- Duplicate references (8)<br />

- Language (1)<br />

- Prior to 2000 (8)<br />

- Not relevant (56)<br />

- Single Clinical Trial (195)<br />

Based on full text evaluation, studies<br />

excluded: 50<br />

Reasons:<br />

- Not relevant (6)<br />

- Language (4)<br />

- Narrative review (30)<br />

- Guideline (2)<br />

- Duplicate content (8)<br />

The retained references included 17 Cochrane reviews published since 2002 and an<br />

Australian doctoral thesis from Michael Bennett who co-authored many of the<br />

Cochrane reviews. These 18 key references are listed in Table 4.

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