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Assessment and Management of Venous Leg Ulcers
Appendix A:
Search Strategy for Existing Evidence
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STEP 1 – Database Search
An initial database search for existing guidelines was conducted in early 2001 by a company
that specializes in searches of the literature for health related organizations, researchers and
consultants. A subsequent search of the MEDLINE, CINAHL and Embase databases, for articles
published from January 1, 1998 to February 28, 2001, was conducted using the following search
terms and keywords: “leg ulcer”, “leg ulcers”, “venous leg ulcer(s)”, “practice guidelines”,
“practice guideline”, “clinical practice guideline”, “clinical practice guidelines”, “standards”,
“consensus statement(s)”, “consensus”, “evidence based guidelines” and “best practice
guidelines”. In addition, a search of the Cochrane Library database for systematic reviews was
conducted using the above search terms.
STEP 2 – Internet Search
A metacrawler search engine (metacrawler.com), plus other available information provided
by the project team, was used to create a list of 42 websites known for publishing or storing
clinical practice guidelines. The following sites were searched in early 2001.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: www.ahrq.gov
Alberta Clinical Practice Guidelines Program:
www.amda.ab.ca/general/clinical-practice-guidelines/index.html
American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org/
Best Practice Network: www.best4health.org
British Columbia Council on Clinical Practice Guidelines:
www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/msp/protoguide/index.html
Canadian Centre for Health Evidence: www.cche.net
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI): www.cihi.ca/index.html
Canadian Medical Association Guideline Infobase: www.cma.ca/eng-index.htm
Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care: www.ctfphc.org/
Cancer Care Ontario: www.cancercare.on.ca
Centre for Clinical Effectiveness – Monash University, Australia:
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/publichealth/cce/evidence/