MEDLINE

This current search strategy is run weekly via OVID MEDLINE and uses the Highly Sensitive Search Strategy for identifying randomised trials in MEDLINE: sensitivity-maximising version (2008 revision) published in chapter 6, section 6.4.11, of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Version 5.0.2).

1. randomized controlled trial.pt.
2. controlled clinical trial.pt.
3. randomized.ab.
4. placebo.ab.
5. drug therapy.fs.
6. randomly.ab.
7. trial.ab.
8. groups.ab.
9. or/1-8
10. exp Pregnancy/
11. exp Pregnancy Complications/
12. exp Maternal Health Services/
13. exp Fetus/
14. exp Fetal Therapies/
15. exp Fetal Monitoring/
16. exp Prenatal Diagnosis/
17. Perinatal Care/
18. Labor pain/
19. Analgesia, Obstetric/
20. exp Obstetric Surgical Procedures/
21. Infant, Newborn/
22. exp Postpartum Period/
23. Breastfeeding/
24. or/10-23
25. 9 and 24
26. exp animals/ not humans.sh.
27. 25 not 26

EMBASE

The following search strategy is run weekly via NHS Evidence: Health Information Resources.

1. CROSSOVER PROCEDURE/
2. allocat$.ti,ab
3. (cross ADJ over$).ti,ab
4. trial$.ti
5. placebo$.ti,ab
6. (doubl$ ADJ blind$).ti,ab
7. DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE/
8. crossover$.ti,ab
9. SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE/
10. RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL/
11. random$.ti,ab
12. 1 OR 3 OR 2 OR 6 OR 4 OR 5 OR 11 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10
13. exp PREGNANCY/
14. exp PREGNANCY DISORDER/
15. exp OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE/
16. exp BREAST FEEDING/ OR exp BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION/
17. exp CHILDBIRTH/
18. CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION/
19. (antenatal* OR prenatal* OR puerper* OR postnatal* OR postpartum OR post ADJ partum OR post ADJ natal* OR peripartum).ti,ab
20. (prepregnancy OR pre-pregnancy OR “pre pregnancy” OR preconception* OR “pre conception” OR pre-conception* OR “pre conceptionally” OR periconceptional*).ti,ab
21. ((preterm OR premature) AND (labor OR labour)).ti,ab
22. (eclamp* OR preeclamp* OR pre-eclamp*).ti,ab
23. amniocentes*.ti,ab
24. (chorion* ADJ vill*).ti,ab
25. (breastfe* OR breast-fe* OR breast ADJ fe* OR lactation*).ti,ab
26. (cesarean OR caesarean OR cesarian OR caesarian OR cesarien OR caesarien).ti,ab
27. (newborn OR new ADJ born OR newborn).ti,ab
28. (pregnant OR pregnancy OR pregnancies).ti
29. (tocolysis OR tocolytic*).ti,ab
30. (fetal OR foetal OR fetus OR foetus).ti,ab
31. miscarriage*.ti,ab
32. LABOR PAIN/
33. OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27 OR 28 OR 29 OR 30 OR 31 OR 32
34. 12 AND 33

The Cochrane Library [includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) and Economic Evaluations Databases]

This search is run monthly with each new issue of The Cochrane Library:

#1 MeSH descriptor Pregnancy explode all trees

#2 MeSH descriptor Pregnancy Complications explode all trees

#3 MeSH descriptor Fetal Therapies explode all trees

#4 MeSH descriptor Labor Pain explode all trees

#5 MeSH descriptor Infant, Newborn explode all trees

#6 MeSH descriptor Fetus explode all trees

#7 MeSH descriptor Fetal Development explode all trees

#8 MeSH descriptor Extraembryonic Membranes explode all trees

#9 MeSH descriptor Heart Rate, Fetal explode all trees

#10 MeSH descriptor Placenta explode all trees

#11 MeSH descriptor Placental Function Tests explode all trees

#12 MeSH descriptor Umbilical Cord explode all trees

#13 MeSH descriptor Prenatal Diagnosis explode all trees

#14 MeSH descriptor Uterine Monitoring explode all trees

#15 MeSH descriptor Pelvimetry explode all trees

#16 MeSH descriptor Fetal Monitoring explode all trees

#17 MeSH descriptor Obstetrical Nursing explode all trees

#18 MeSH descriptor Oxytocics explode all trees

#19 MeSH descriptor Tocolytic Agents explode all trees

#20 MeSH descriptor Tocolysis explode all trees

#21 MeSH descriptor Anesthesia, Obstetrical explode all trees

#22 MeSH descriptor Obstetric Surgical Procedures explode all trees

#23 MeSH descriptor Maternal Health Services explode all trees

#24 MeSH descriptor Maternal-Child Nursing explode all trees

#25 MeSH descriptor Analgesia, Obstetrical explode all trees

#26 MeSH descriptor Midwifery explode all trees

#27 MeSH descriptor Perinatal Care explode all trees

#28 MeSH descriptor Parity explode all trees

#29 MeSH descriptor Apgar Score explode all trees

#30 MeSH descriptor Postpartum Period explode all trees

#31 MeSH descriptor Breast Feeding explode all trees

#32 MeSH descriptor Milk, Human explode all trees

#33 pregnan* in All Fields in all products

#34 fetus in All Fields in all products

#35 foetus in All Fields in all products

#36 fetal in All Fields in all products

#37 foetal in All Fields in all products

#38 newborn in All Fields in all products

#39 “new born”

#40 birth or childbirth in All Fields in all products

#41 labor or laboring in All Fields in all products

#42 labour* in All Fields in all products

#43 antepart* in All Fields in all products

#44 prenatal* in All Fields in all products

#45 antenatal* in All Fields in all products

#46 perinatal* in All Fields in all products

#47 postnatal* in All Fields in all products

#48 postpart* in All Fields in all products

#49 caesar* in All Fields in all products

#50 cesar* in All Fields in all products

#51 obstetric* in All Fields in all products

#52 oxytoci* in All Fields in all products

#53 tocoly* in All Fields in all products

#54 placenta* in All Fields in all products

#55 prostaglandin in All Fields in all products

#56 parturi* in All Fields in all products

#57 preeclamp* in All Fields in all products

#58 pre next eclamp* in All Fields in all products

#59 eclamp* in All Fields in all products

#60 intrapart* in All Fields in all products

#61 puerper* in All Fields in all products

#62 episiotom* in All Fields in all products

#63 amnio* in All Fields in all products

#64 matern* in All Fields in all products

#65 gestation* in All Fields in all products

#66 lactati* in All Fields in all products

#67 breastfe* in All Fields in all products

#68 breast next fe* in All Fields in all products

#69 (#1 OR #2 OR #3 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 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31 OR #32 OR #33 OR #34 OR #35 OR #36 OR #37 OR #38 OR #39 OR #40 OR #41 OR #42 OR #43 OR #44 OR #45 OR #46 OR #47 OR #48 OR #49 OR #50 OR #51 OR #52 OR #53 OR #54 OR #55 OR #56 OR #57 OR #58 OR #59 OR #60 OR #61 OR #62 OR #63 OR #64 OR #65 OR #66 OR #67 OR #68)

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

The following search strategy is run weekly via NHS Evidence: Health Information Resources.

1. exp CLINICAL TRIALS/
2. (clinic* ADJ trial*).ti,ab
3. (trebl* ADJ mask*).ti,ab
4. (tripl* ADJ blind*).ti,ab
5. (tripl* ADJ mask*).ti,ab
6. (doubl* ADJ blind*).ti,ab
7. (doubl* ADJ mask*).ti,ab
8. (singl* ADJ blind*).ti,ab
9. (singl* ADJ mask*).ti,ab
10. (randomi* ADJ control* ADJ trial*).ti,ab
11. RANDOM ASSIGNMENT/
12. (random* ADJ allocat*).ti,ab
13. placebo*.ti,ab
14. PLACEBOS/
15. QUANTITATIVE STUDIES/
16. (allocat* ADJ random*).ti,ab
17. breastfeeding.ti,ab
18. breastfed.ti,ab
19. exp BREAST FEEDING/
20. breast-fe*.ti,ab
21. exp PREGNANCY/
22. exp PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS/
23. 1 OR 2 OR 3 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
24. (prenatal OR antenatal OR antepartum OR postpartum OR postnatal).ti,ab
25. (pregnant OR pregnancy).ti
26. ((preterm OR premature) AND (labor OR labour)).ti,ab
27. (midwife OR midwifery).ti,ab
28. CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION/
29. 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27 OR 28 123752.
30. 23 AND 29

ClinicalTrials.gov and World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Portal

preconception* or antenatal or prenatal or perinatal or puerperal or puerperium or postnatal or postpartum or peripartum or post-natal or post-partum or ante-natal or ante-partum or obstetric*

Journals

Conference proceedings

Current awareness

(a) ZETOC,The British Library’s Electronic Table of Contents service sends the contents tables, via e-mail, of the journals listed below. The contents are reviewed by the Trials Search Co-ordinator. Hard copies of all possible reports of RCTs/CCTs that are relevant to the scope of the group are obtained, reviewed and added to the register by the Trials Search Co-ordinator if they meet the inclusion criteria.

• African Journal of Reproductive Health
• American Journal of Perinatology
• Archives of Disease in Childhood
• Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition
• Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
• Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• British Journal of Midwifery
• Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Clinica e Investigacion en Ginecologia y Obstetricia
• Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Current Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review
• Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
• Ginecologia y Obstetricia de Mexico
• Giornale Italiano di Ostetricia e Ginecologia
• Gynakologisch Geburtshilfliche Rundschau
• Human Reproduction
• Hypertension in Pregnancy
• International Journal of Childbirth Education
• Italian Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
• JOGC: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada
• Journal de Gynecologie, Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction (Paris)
• Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
• Journal of Paediatrics Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Journal of Perinatology
• Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health
• Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Journal of Reproductive Medicine
• Journal-New Zealand College of Midwives
• MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing
• MIDIRS Midwifery Digest
• Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey
• Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
• Prenatal Diagnosis
• Progresos de Obstetricia y Ginecologia
• Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia
• Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Tokogynecologica Praktica
• Women and Birth
• Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie.

(b) BioMed Central (www.biomedcentral.com/home/) sends an e-mail alert every 30 days for anything new published in the following:

• BMC: Pregnancy and Childbirth
• International Breastfeeding
• Anything related to the subject areas of pregnancy and childbirth, pediatrics or women’s health.