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Head‐to‐head trials of antibiotics for non‐cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

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Appendices

Appendix 1. Sources and search methods for the Cochrane Airways Group's Specialised Register (CAGR)

Electronic searches: core databases

Database

Search frequency

CENTRAL (the Cochrane Library)

Monthly

MEDLINE (Ovid)

Weekly

EMBASE (Ovid)

Weekly

PsycINFO (Ovid)

Monthly

CINAHL (EBSCO)

Monthly

AMED (EBSCO)

Monthly

Handsearches: core respiratory conference abstracts

Conference

Years searched

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)

2001 onwards

American Thoracic Society (ATS)

2001 onwards

Asia Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR)

2004 onwards

British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting (BTS)

2000 onwards

Chest Meeting

2003 onwards

European Respiratory Society (ERS)

1992, 1994, 2000 onwards

International Primary Care Respiratory Group Congress (IPCRG)

2002 onwards

Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)

1999 onwards

MEDLINE search strategy used to identify trials for the CAGR

Bronchiectasis search

1. exp Bronchiectasis/

2. bronchiect$.mp.

3. bronchoect$.mp.

4. kartagener$.mp.

5. (ciliary adj3 dyskinesia).mp.

6. (bronchial$ adj3 dilat$).mp.

7. or/1‐6

Filter to identify RCTs

1. exp "clinical trial [publication type]"/

2. (randomized or randomised).ab,ti.

3. placebo.ab,ti.

4. dt.fs.

5. randomly.ab,ti.

6. trial.ab,ti.

7. groups.ab,ti.

8. or/1‐7

9. Animals/

10. Humans/

11. 9 not (9 and 10)

12. 8 not 11

The MEDLINE strategy and RCT filter are adapted to identify trials in other electronic databases.

Appendix 2. Search strategy to identify relevant trials from the CAGR

#1 BRONCH:MISC1

#2 MeSH DESCRIPTOR Bronchiectasis Explode All

#3 bronchiect*

#4 #1 or #2 or #3

#5 MeSH DESCRIPTOR Anti‐Bacterial Agents Explode 1

#6 antibiotic* or anti‐biotic*

#7 anti‐bacteri* or antibacteri*

#8 *cillin

#9 *mycin or micin*

#10 *oxacin

#11 *tetracycline

#12 macrolide*

#13 quinolone*

#14 trimethoprim

#15 ceph*

#16 sulpha*

#17 #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16

#18 #4 and #17

[In search line #1, MISC1 denotes the field in the record where the reference has been coded for condition, in this case, bronchiectasis]