Table 2MEDLINE® search strategy and unduplicated results for February 2007

Search TermsSearch Results
#2 Search “Weight Gain”[MeSH]13,220
#5 Search pregnancy [MeSH]577,647
#6 Search #2 AND #51,808
#7 Search gestational weight gain1,725
#8 Search #6 OR #73,023
#9 Search #6 OR #7 Limits: English, Humans1,696
#15 Search (“Outcome Assessment (Health Care)”[MeSH] OR “Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)”[MeSH] OR “Pregnancy Outcome”[MeSH]) OR “Reproductive History”[MeSH] OR “birth outcomes” OR “infant health outcomes” OR “maternal health outcomes” Limits: English, Humans332,914
#16 Search #9 AND #15 Limits: English, Humans474
#19 Search (“Counseling”[MeSH] OR “Directive Counseling”[MeSH])23,091
#20 Search #9 AND #1912
#25 Search “Body Weights and Measures”[MeSH]279,399
#26 Search #9 AND #251,044
#29 Search “Anthropometry”[MeSH]71,849
#30 Search #26 AND #29359

From: 2, Methods

Cover of Outcomes of Maternal Weight Gain
Outcomes of Maternal Weight Gain.
Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 168.
Viswanathan M, Siega-Riz AM, Moos MK, et al.

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