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Wilt TJ, Shamliyan T, Shaukat A, et al. Management of Chronic Hepatitis B. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008 Oct. (Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 174.)

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Appendix A. Exact Search Strings

Key Question 1 - literature search string

Database: Ovid MEDLINE(R)

Medical Subject Heading TermsNumber of Retrieved References
1Exp Hepatitis B, chronic/ or exp Hepatitis B/ or exp Hepatitis B virus/39,405
2Exp hepatocellular carcinoma40,097
3Exp liver failure12,710
4Liver cirrhosis.mp. or exp liver cirrhosis59,664
5Liver cirrhosis.mp. or exp liver cirrhosis/393,300
6Exp Death/ or death.mp366,266
7Exp Survival/ or survival.mp. or exp survival rate480,039
8or/2–71,076,543
9Natural history/ or cohort studies/ or prospective studies/ or longitudinal studies/ or cohort.mp. or prospective.mp. or longitudinal.mp.491,684
101 and 8 and 9621
11Limit 10 to (humans and English language)558

Key Questions 2–4 - literature search strings

Medical Subject Heading TermsNumber of Retrieved References
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] NOT review NOT Case Reports Limits: Humans, Journal Article, English, All Adult: 19+ years1,525
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] Limits: Publication Date from 1990/01/01 to 2007/12/31, Humans, Journal Article, English, All Adult: 19+ years1,778
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh]4,329
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years182
“Hepatitis B” Limits: Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years712
(“Hepatitis B, Chronic/prevention and control”[Mesh] OR “Hepatitis B, Chronic/therapy”[Mesh]) AND “Epidemiologic studies” [Mesh] Limits: Humans, English, All Adult: 19+ years286
(“Hepatitis B, Chronic/prevention and control”[Mesh] OR “Hepatitis B, Chronic/therapy”[Mesh]) Limits: Humans, English, All Adult: 19+ years855
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, English, All Adult: 19+ years AND (“Interferons/drug effects”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/metabolism”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/pharmacokinetics”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/pharmacology”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/poisoning”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/therapeutic use”[Mesh]) Limits: Humans, Controlled Clinical Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years14
(“Interferons/drug effects”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/metabolism”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/pharmacokinetics”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/pharmacology”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/poisoning”[Mesh] OR “Interferons/therapeutic use”[Mesh]) Limits: Humans, Controlled Clinical Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years398
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, Controlled Clinical Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years35
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, Clinical Trial, Phase IV, English, All Adult: 19+ years0
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, Clinical Trial, Phase III, English, All Adult: 19+ years16
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, Clinical Trial, Phase I, Clinical Trial, Phase II, English, All Adult: 19+ years23
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, Clinical Trial, Phase I, English, All Adult: 19+ years10
“Adefovir” [Substance Name] AND “hepatitis B” Limits: Entrez Date from 1990/01/01 to 2007/12/31, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years1
“Adefovir” [Substance Name] Limits: Entrez Date from 1990/01/01 to 2007/12/31, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years6
“Entecavir” [Substance Name] AND “hepatitis B” Limits: Entrez Date from 1990/01/01 to 2007/12/31, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years5
“Entecavir” [Substance Name] Limits: Entrez Date from 1990/01/01 to 2007/12/31, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years6
“Telbivudine” [Substance Name] AND “hepatitis B” Limits: Entrez Date from 1990/01/01 to 2007/12/31, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years4
“Telbivudine” [Substance Name] Limits: Entrez Date from 1990/01/01 to 2007/12/31, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years4
“Interferons”[Mesh] AND “hepatitis B” Limits: Entrez Date from 1990/01/01 to 2007/12/31, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years169
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] AND “Effect Modifiers (Epidemiology)”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, English, All Adult: 19+ years1
“Hepatitis B, Chronic” AND “Treatment Outcome”[Mesh] AND “Effect Modifiers (Epidemiology)”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, English, All Adult: 19+ years1
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] AND “Treatment Outcome”[Mesh] AND “Effect Modifiers (Epidemiology)”[Mesh] Limits: Humans, English, All Adult: 19+ years1
“Epidemiologic studies”[Mesh] AND “Biological Factors”[Mesh] AND (“Hepatitis B, Chronic/prevention and control”[Mesh] OR “Hepatitis B, Chronic/therapy”[Mesh]) Limits: Humans, English, All Adult: 19+ years202
“Biological Factors”[Mesh] AND (“Hepatitis B, Chronic/prevention and control”[Mesh] OR “Hepatitis B, Chronic/therapy”[Mesh]) Limits: Humans, English, All Adult: 19+ years576
“Disease Progression”[Mesh] AND (“Hepatitis B, Chronic/prevention and control”[Mesh] OR “Hepatitis B, Chronic/therapy”[Mesh]) Limits: Humans, English, All Adult: 19+ years17
Update January 7, 2008
“Hepatitis B, Chronic”[Mesh] Limits: Publication Date from 2007/11/01 to 2008/3/31, Humans, Randomized Controlled Trial, English, All Adult: 19+ years3

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