Failure or success of search strategies to identify adverse effects of medical devices: a feasibility study using a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research has indicated that adverse effects terms are increasingly prevalent in the title, abstract or indexing terms of articles that contain adverse drug effects data in MEDLINE and Embase. However, it is unknown whether adverse effects terms are present in the database records of articles that contain adverse effects data of medical devices, and thus, to what extent the development of an adverse effects search filter for medical devices may be feasible.

Methods

A case study systematic review of a medical device was selected. The included studies from a systematic review of the safety of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) for spinal fusion were used in the analysis. For each included study, the corresponding database record on MEDLINE and E

SUBMITTER: Golder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4203467 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature