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. 2019 Apr 11;2019(4):CD013283. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013283.pub2
MEDLINE (Ovid SP)
1 Hypoglycemia/
2 (Hypoglycemi* or hypoglycaemi*).tw,kf.
3 Healthy Volunteers/
4 (healthy participant or healthy participants or healthy subject or healthy subjects or healthy volunteer or healthy volunteers or human volunteer or human volunteers or normal volunteer or normal volunteers).tw,kf.
5 healthy people.tw,kf.
6 healthy persons.tw,kf.
7 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6
8 Glucose/
9 (glucose or sugar).tw,kf.
10 8 or 9
11 drug administration routes/ or administration, inhalation/ or exp administration, oral/ or Administration, Rectal/
12 administ*.tw,kf.
13 11 or 12
14 (buccal* or sublingual* or oral* or by mouth or rectal* or tablet* or liquid* or gel or gels or sachet* or spray or sprays or tongue or cheek or swallow* or administration route*).tw,kf.
15 Solutions/
16 Tablets/
17 Cheek/
18 Gels/
19 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18
20 7 and 10 and 13 and 19
21 limit 20 to (case reports or comment or congresses or editorial or letter)
22 20 not 21
23 22 not (animals/ not humans/)
24 remove duplicates from 23
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Cochrane Register of Studies Online)
1 Hypoglycemia/
2 (Hypoglycemi* or hypoglycaemi*).tw,kf.
3 Healthy Volunteers/
4 (healthy participant or healthy participants or healthy subject or healthy subjects or healthy volunteer or healthy volunteers or human volunteer or human volunteers or normal volunteer or normal volunteers).tw,kf.
5 healthy people.tw,kf.
6 healthy persons.tw,kf.
7 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6
8 Glucose/
9 (glucose or sugar).tw,kf.
10 8 or 9
11 drug administration routes/ or administration, inhalation/ or exp administration, oral/ or Administration, Rectal/
12 administ*.tw,kf.
13 11 or 12
14 (buccal* or sublingual* or oral* or by mouth or rectal* or tablet* or liquid* or gel or gels or sachet* or spray or sprays or tongue or cheek or swallow* or administration route*).tw,kf.
15 Solutions/
16 Tablets/
17 Cheek/
18 Gels/
19 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18
20 7 and 10 and 13 and 19
21 remove duplicates from 20
Embase (Ovid SP)
1 hypoglycemia/ or insulin hypoglycemia/ or nocturnal hypoglycemia/
2 experimental hypoglycemia/
3 normal human/
4 (healthy participant or healthy participants or healthy subject or healthy subjects or healthy volunteer or healthy volunteers or human volunteer or human volunteers or normal volunteer or normal volunteers or healthy people or healthy persons).tw.
5 1 or 2 or 3 or 4
6 glucose/
7 (glucose or sugar).tw.
8 6 or 7
9 drug administration route/
10 oral drug administration/
11 enteral drug administration/
12 sublingual drug administration/
13 exp buccal drug administration/
14 rectal drug administration/
15 administ*.tw.
16 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15
17 (buccal* or sublingual* or oral* or by mouth or rectal* or tablet* or liquid* or gel or gels or sachet* or spray or sprays or tongue or cheek or swallow* or administration route*).tw.
18 cheek/
19 aerosol/ or drug solution/ or gel/ or lozenge/ or oral drops/ or oral spray/ or paste/ or exp tablet/
20 17 or 18 or 19
21 5 and 8 and 16 and 20
22 limit 21 to (books or "book review" or chapter or conference abstract or conference paper or "conference review" or editorial or letter or note)
23 21 not 22
24 23 not ((exp animal/ or nonhuman/) not exp human/)
25 remove duplicates from 24
26 limit 25 to embase
CINAHL Plus with full text (EBSCOhost Research Databases)
S1 (MH "Hypoglycemia")
S2 TI ( (Hypoglycemi* or hypoglycaemi*) ) OR AB ( (Hypoglycemi* or hypoglycaemi*) )
S3 TI ( (healthy participant or healthy participants or healthy subject or healthy subjects or healthy volunteer or healthy volunteers or human volunteer or human volunteers or normal volunteer or normal volunteers or healthy people or healthy persons) ) OR AB ( (healthy participant or healthy participants or healthy subject or healthy subjects or healthy volunteer or healthy volunteers or human volunteer or human volunteers or normal volunteer or normal volunteers or healthy people or healthy persons) )
S4 S1 OR S2 OR S3
S5 (MH "Glucose")
S6 TI ( glucose or sugar ) OR AB ( glucose or sugar )
S7 S5 OR S6
S8 (MH "Drug Administration Routes") OR (MH "Administration, Oral+") OR (MH "Administration, Rectal") OR (MH "Administration, Inhalation")
S9 TI administ* OR AB administ*
S10 S8 OR S9
S11 TI ( (buccal* or sublingual* or oral* or by mouth or rectal* or tablet* or liquid* or gel or gels or sachet* or spray or sprays or tongue or cheek or swallow* or administration route*) ) AND AB ( (buccal* or sublingual* or oral* or by mouth or rectal* or tablet* or liquid* or gel or gels or sachet* or spray or sprays or tongue or cheek or swallow* or administration route*) )
S12 (MH "Solutions") OR (MH "Tablets") OR (MH "Aerosols") OR (MH "Gels")
S13 (MH "Cheek")
S14 (MH "Tongue")
S15 S11 OR S12 OR S13 OR S14
S16 S4 AND S7 AND S10 AND S15
ClinicalTrials.gov (standard search)
Condition or disease: Hypoglycemia
Other terms: Hypoglycaemia
Study type: Interventional Studies
Intervention/treatment: Glucose
World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) Search Portal (standard search)
hypoglycemia OR hypoglycaemia
EU Clinical Trials Register
(hypoglycemia OR hypoglycaemia) AND glucose