Appendix.
Medline (via PubMed) search strategy.
| Search | Query | Items found |
|---|---|---|
| #2 | Search “heart failure”[MeSH Terms] OR “heart failure”[TIAB] | 139194 |
| #10 | Search “preserved ejection fraction”[tiab] | 983 |
| #11 | Search #2 AND #10 | 826 |
| #13 | Search “reduced ejection fraction”[tiab] | 808 |
| #14 | Search #2 AND #13 | 521 |
| #15 | Search #14 OR #11 | 1205 |
| #16 | Search (#15) AND (“1994/01/01”[Date - Publication] : “3000”[Date - Publication]) | 1167 |
| #19 | Search #16 NOT (“Animals”[Mesh] NOT “Humans”[Mesh]) | 1126 |
| #21 | Search “pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive”[MeSH Terms] OR “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”[tiab] OR “COPD”[tiab] | 53449 |
| #25 | Search “diabetes mellitus”[MeSH Terms] OR “diabetes”[tiab] | 439784 |
| #28 | Search “sleep apnea syndromes”[MeSH Terms] OR “sleep apnea”[tiab] OR “sleep disordered breathing”[tiab] OR “SDB”[tiab] | 29082 |
| #30 | Search “kidney diseases”[MeSH Terms] OR kidney disease*[tiab] OR renal disease*[tiab] | 428081 |
| #32 | Search “anaemia”[tiab] OR “anemia”[MeSH Terms] OR “anemia”[tiab] | 179314 |
| #34 | Search “obesity”[MeSH Terms] OR “obesity”[tiab] | 195364 |
| #36 | Search “comorbidity”[MeSH Terms] OR “comorbidity”[tiab] OR “comorbidities” [tiab] | 105817 |
| #37 | Search #21 OR #25 OR #28 OR #30 OR #32 OR #34 OR #36 | 1280940 |
| #38 | Search #19 AND #37 | 283 |
| #39 | Search #19 AND #37 Filters: English | 266 |