Corticosteroids for the common cold
Appendices
Appendix 1. MEDLINE and CENTRAL search strategy
1. Common Cold/
2. Respiratory Tract Infections/
3. Rhinitis/
4. common cold.tw.
5. upper respiratory tract infection$.tw.
6. upper respiratory infection$.tw.
7. uri.tw.
8. urti.tw.
9. Epiglottitis/
10. epiglottitis.tw.
11. Influenza, Human/
12. (flu or influenz$).tw.
13. rhinitis.tw.
14. Rhinovirus/
15. coronavirus/ or coronavirus 229e, human/ or coronavirus oc43, human/
16. Adenovirus Infections, Human/
17. Echovirus Infections/
18. enterovirus/ or enterovirus a, human/ or exp enterovirus b, human/ or enterovirus c, human/ or enterovirus d, human/
19. respiratory syncytial viruses/ or respiratory syncytial virus, human/
20. parainfluenza virus 1, human/ or parainfluenza virus 3, human/
21. exp Orthomyxoviridae/
22. Herpesvirus 4, Human/
23. Adenoviruses, Human/
24. simplexvirus/ or herpesvirus 1, human/ or herpesvirus 2, human/
25. Epstein‐Barr Virus Infections/
26. Orthomyxoviridae Infections/ or paramyxoviridae infections/
27. Picornaviridae Infections/
28. Coxsackievirus Infections/
29. Enterovirus Infections/
30. Adenoviridae Infections/
31. Cytomegalovirus Infections/
32. rhinovir$.tw.
33. coronavir$.tw.
34. adenovir$.tw.
35. echovir$.tw.
36. (respiratory syncytial vir$ or rsv).tw.
37. parainfluenza.tw.
38. (ebv or epstein barr vir$).tw.
39. orthomyxovir$.tw.
40. paramyxovir$.tw.
41. picornavir$.tw.
42. (coxsackie vir$ or coxsackievir$).tw.
43. enterovir$.tw.
44. or/1‐43
45. exp Glucocorticoids/
46. exp hydroxycorticosteroids/
47. exp Pregnenediones/
48. hydrocortisone.tw,nm.
49. hydroxypregnenolone.tw,nm.
50. pregnenolone.tw,nm.
51. tetrahydrocortisol.tw,nm.
52. cortodoxone.tw,nm.
53. cortisone.tw,nm.
54. corticosterone.tw,nm.
55. hydroxycorticosteroid$.tw,nm.
56. glucocorticoid$.tw,nm.
57. triamcinolone.tw,nm.
58. prednisone.tw,nm.
59. prednisolone.tw,nm.
60. paramethasone.tw,nm.
61. methylprednisolone.tw,nm.
62. dexamethasone.tw,nm.
63. clobetasol.tw,nm.
64. beclomethasone.tw,nm.
65. betamethasone.tw,nm.
66. budesonide.tw,nm.
67. corticosteroid$.tw,nm.
68. steroid$.tw,nm.
69. (efcortesol or hydrocortone or solu‐cortef).tw,nm.
70. (betnelan or betnesol).tw,nm.
71. (deflazacort or calcort).tw,nm.
72. (medrone or solu‐medrone or depo‐medrone).tw,nm.
73. kenalog.tw,nm.
74. (novolizer or pulmicort or symbicort).tw,nm.
75. (beclometasone or aerobec or asmabec or beclazone or becodisks or becotide or clenil modulite or quar or becloforte).tw.
76. or/ 45 ‐75
77. 44 and 76
Appendix 2. EMBASE search strategy
1. Respiratory Tract Infection/ or Upper Respiratory Tract Infection/
2. exp Rhinitis/
3. common cold.tw.
4. upper respiratory tract infection$.tw.
5. upper respiratory infection$.tw.
6. uri.tw.
7. urti.tw.
8. Influenza/
9. (flu or influenz$).tw.
10. rhinitis.tw.
11. exp Rhinovirus/
12. coronavirus/
13. Adenovirus/ or exp Human adenovirus/
14. Echo virus/
15. enterovirus/
16. respiratory syncytial pneumovirus/
17. exp parainfluenza virus/
18. exp Orthomyxovirus/
19. Herpes virus/
20. Cytomegalovirus/
21. Epstein Barr Virus/
22. Orthomyxovirus Infection/
23. Picornavirus/
24. Coxsackie virus Infection/
25. Enterovirus Infection/
26. Parainfluenza virus Infection/
27. rhinovir$.tw.
28. coronavir$.tw.
29. adenovir$.tw.
30. echovir$.tw.
31. (respiratory syncytial vir$ or rsv).tw.
32. parainfluenza.tw.
33. orthomyxovir$.tw.
34. paramyxovir$.tw.
35. picornavir$.tw.
36. (coxsackie vir$ or coxsackievir$).tw.
37. enterovir$.tw.
38. or/1‐37
39. exp Corticosteroid/
40. Pregnane derivative/
41. hydrocortisone.tw,nm.
42. hydroxypregnenolone.tw,nm.
43. pregnenolone.tw,nm.
44. tetrahydrocortisol.tw,nm.
45. cortodoxone.tw,nm.
46. cortisone.tw,nm.
47. corticosterone.tw,nm.
48. hydroxycorticosteroid$.tw,nm.
49. glucocorticoid$.tw,nm.
50. triamcinolone.tw,nm.
51. prednisone.tw,nm.
52. prednisolone.tw,nm.
53. paramethasone.tw,nm.
54. methylprednisolone.tw,nm.
55. dexamethasone.tw,nm.
56. clobetasol.tw,nm.
57. beclomethasone.tw,nm.
58. betamethasone.tw,nm.
59. budesonide.tw,nm.
60. corticosteroid$.tw,nm.
61. steroid$.tw,nm.
62. (efcortesol or hydrocortone or solu‐cortef).tw,nm.
63. (betnelan or betnesol).tw,nm.
64. (deflazacort or calcort).tw,nm.
65. (medrone or solu‐medrone or depo‐medrone).tw,nm.
66. kenalog.tw,nm.
67. (novolizer or pulmicort or symbicort).tw,nm.
68. (beclometasone or aerobec or asmabec or beclazone or becodisks or becotide or clenil modulite or quar or becloforte).tw.
69. or/39‐68
70. 38 and 69
71. limit 70 to "treatment (1 term high specificity)"
