Table 1.
Search strategy for the PubMed database.
| No. | Search terms |
| #1 | Cough variant asthma(all field) |
| #2 | Variant asthma(all field) |
| #3 | Pediatric Asthma(all field) |
| #4 | Pediatric variant asthma(all field) |
| #5 | cough variant asthma(all field) |
| #6 | #1OR#2–5 |
| #7 | acupuncture(all field) |
| #8 | acupuncture therapy(all field) |
| #9 | scalp acupuncture(all field) |
| #10 | fire needling(allfield) |
| #11 | Intradermal needling(all field) |
| #12 | ear acupuncture(all field) |
| #13 | acupoint(all field) |
| #14 | auricuar acupuncture(all field) |
| #15 | electroacupuncture(all field) |
| #16 | catgut embedding(all field) |
| #17 | #7 OR #8-16 |
| #18 | Montelukast Sodium(all field) |
| #19 | Singulair(all field) |
| #20 | Montelukast(all field) |
| #21 | Montelukast Sodium Tablets(all field) |
| #22 | #18 OR #19-21 |
| #23 | randomized controlled trial(all field) |
| #24 | randomly(all field) |
| #25 | controlled clinical trial(all field) |
| #26 | randomized(all field) |
| #27 | random allocation(all field) |
| #28 | single-blindmethod(all field) |
| #29 | double-blindmethod(all field) |
| #30 | trials(all field) |
| #31 | Comparators |
| #32 | allocation |
| #33 | #23 OR #24-32 |
| #34 | #6 And #17 And #22 And #33 |