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KCE reports vol. 40 APPENDICES Physiotherapy 57
APPENDICES OF CHAPTER IV: LITERATURE REVIEW
OF PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES IN SOME
COMMON MEDICAL AND MUSCULOSKELETAL
CONDITIONS
A. DETAILED PRELIMINARY SEARCH PROCEDURES FOR
PHYSIOTHERAPY IN BRONCHIOLITIS
1. MEDLINE (PUBMED; APRIL 2006)
Search for bronchiolitis AND Physical therapy : one reference found; discarded as not relevant.
Search for bronchiolitis AND physiotherapy (free term); no limits: 24 references found.
- Limit previous search to practice guidelines : no reference found,
- Limit to meta-analysis : 1 reference found, a Cochrane Review: Chest physiotherapy for acute
bronchiolitis in pediatric patients between 0 and 24 months old (5),
- Limit to Reviews : 5 references found. Four discarded as not relevant, one Cochrane Review already
found.
- Limit to RCTs : 2 references were found. One discarded as dated from 1985, one discarded as in
Spanish.
2. PEDRO (MAY 2006)
Search for bronchiolitis in the advanced search window: 16 records found.
- Limit previous search to practice guidelines . Ten records found, only one kept as all others only are
Quick reference guides : Evidence based clinical practice guideline for infant with bronchiolitis,
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, (3),
- Limit to systematic review . Three records found. The Cochrane Review already found. Another
Cochrane Review: Continuous negative extrathoracic pressure or continuous positive airway
pressure for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in children, (6). One discarded as in Spanish and not
specifically focused on physiotherapy.
3. CENTRE FOR REVIEWS AND DISSEMINATION (MAY 2006)
Search for bronchiolitis AND physiotherapy in all CRD databases: one record previously found (the
Cochrane Review from Perrotta).
Search bronchiolitis in all CRD databases: 49 records were found. Among them, two Cochrane reviews
previously found, one on the general medical management of bronchiolitis : Management of bronchiolitis in
infants and children, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment
(8). The remaining 46 references were discarded as not relevant to physiotherapy.
4. COCHRANE REVIEWS (APRIL 2006)
Search by topic: respiratory infections > bronchiolitis > treatment: 8 records found. Only one relevant to
physiotherapy and previously found.
Search for bronchiolitis in the search the abstracts window of the main Cochrane Reviews page. Nine
records found. Only one relevant, same as above.