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. 2023 Apr 20;43(1):02. doi: 10.35946/arcr.v43.1.02

Table 1.

Literature Search Tracking Summary

Search # Date of Search Database Search Terms Number of Hits Excluded

1 November 2021 PubMed (“alcohol drinking”[MeSH Major Topic] OR prenatal alcohol[Title/Abstract]) AND (“Pregnancy”[MeSH Terms] OR “Prenatal Care”[MeSH Terms]) AND (“clinical trial”[Publication Type] OR “clinical trial, phase I”[Publication Type] OR “clinical trial, phase II”[Publication Type] OR “clinical trial, phase III”[Publication Type] OR “clinical trial, phase IV”[Publication Type] OR “controlled clinical trial”[Publication Type] OR “pragmatic clinical trial”[Publication Type] OR “randomized controlled trial”[Publication Type]) 94 20 duplicates
20 no abstract/content
12 secondary analysis
6 treatment of children with FASD
6 PAE effects
3 protocol only
3 maternal factors
1 prevalence
1 biomarker
1 cross-sectional
1 postpartum
1 universal
Ovid MEDLINE (prenatal* adj5 (alcohol or ethanol)).tw. limited to (clinical trial, phase I or clinical trial, phase II or clinical trial, phase III or clinical trial, phase IV or clinical trial or controlled clinical trial or pragmatic clinical trial or randomized controlled trial)
Clinical Key “prenatal alcohol” filtered by Clinical Trials
WHO
ICTRP and ClinicalTrials.gov
“prenatal alcohol”
Search limited to articles published in English over the last 10 years. Yield: 19 included

2 May 2022 PubMed prevention AND fetal alcohol spectrum disorders 19 13 duplicates of Search 1
4 outside review scope (3 on FASD effects, 1 on beliefs)
Search limited to articles on randomized clinical trials and clinical trials published in English over the past 10 years. Yield: 2 included

3 May 2022 PubMed PCAP (parent child assistance program) 125 119 acronyms for other medical entities
4 secondary analyses
1 duplicate
1 qualitative study
Search limited to articles published in English over the past 10 years. Yield: 0 included

Note: FASD, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; MeSH, Medical Subject Headings; PAE, prenatal alcohol exposure; PCAP, parent-child assistance program; WHO ICTRP, World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform.