Database: EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials <1st Quarter 2008>
Search Strategy:
1Salmeterol.mp. (1324)
2Serevent.mp. (23)
3Formoterol.mp. (866)
4Foradil.mp. (65)
5Oxeze.mp. (0)
6Albuterol.mp. (2574)
7Fenoterol.mp. (794)
8Berotec.mp. (61)
9Levalbuterol.mp. (47)
10Xopenex.mp. (2)
11Orciprenaline.mp. (337)
12Metaproterenol.mp. (163)
13alupent.mp. (28)
14Pirbuterol.mp. (61)
15maxair.mp. (8)
16Terbutaline.mp. (1125)
17Bricanyl.mp. (90)
18proventil.mp. (25)
19ventolin.mp. (96)
20salbutamol.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, mesh headings, heading words, keyword] (2565)
212 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 (5732)
22(asthma$ or ((exercis$ or exert$) adj5 bronchospas$)).mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, mesh headings, heading words, keyword] (16253)
2321 and 22 (3776)
24limit 23 to yr="1898 – 1985" (957)
25limit 23 to yr="1986 – 1993" (890)
26limit 23 to yr="1994 – 1999" (928)
27limit 23 to yr="2000 – 2007" (1001)
28from 27 keep 1–1001 (1001)

From: Appendix A. Search strategies

Cover of Drug Class Review: Quick-relief Medications for Asthma
Drug Class Review: Quick-relief Medications for Asthma: Final Report Update 1 [Internet].
Norris SL, McNally TK, Thakurta S.
Portland (OR): Oregon Health & Science University; 2008 Oct.
Copyright © 2008, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.

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