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. 2015 Aug 24;2015(8):CD003298. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003298.pub3
For the original version of the review we used the following search strategy:
Dialog DataStar via the National Library for Health (http://www.library.nhs.uk)
Search 1 to 26 relates to terms describing the intervention; search 27 to 43 relates to terms describing the disease; search 44 to 46 relates to terms describing the population.
1 TPN OR PN OR EN
 2 PARENTERAL ADJ NUTRITION
 3 PARENTERAL ADJ FEED$
 4 ENTERAL ADJ NUTRITION
 5 ENTERAL ADJ FEED$
 6 CENTRAL ADJ LINE$
 7 HYDROLYSATE$
 8 POLYMERIC
 9 ELEMENTAL
 10 NASOGASTR$
 11 NASO‐GASTR$
 12 GASTROSTOM$
 13 JEJUNOSTOM$
 14 TUBE ADJ FEED$
 15 INTRAVEN$
 16 INTUBATION
 17 PARENTERAL‐NUTRITION#.DE.
 18 ENTERAL‐NUTRITION#.DE.
 19 INTUBATION‐GASTROINTESTINAL#.DE.
 20 GASTROSTOMY#.W..DE.
 21 JEJUNOSTOMY#.W..DE.
 22 FOOD‐FORMULATED#.DE.
 23 PROTEIN‐HYDROLYSATES#.DE.
 24 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11
 25 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23
 26 24 OR 25
 27 CHEMOTHERAP$
 28 ANTICANCER ADJ TREATMENT
 29 ANTI ADJ CANCER ADJ TREATMENT
 30 LEUKEMIA OR LEUKEMIAS
 31 LEUKAEMIA OR LEUKAEMIAS
 32 LYMPHOMA OR LYMPHOMAS
 33 TUMOUR OR TUMOURS
 34 TUMOR OR TUMORS
 35 CANCER OR CANCERS
 36 NEOPLASM OR NEOPLASMS
 37 ONCOLOGY
 38 CHEMOTHERAPY‐ADJUVANT#.DE.
 39 NEOPLASMS#.W..DE.
 40 27 OR 28 OR 29 OR 30 OR 31 OR 32
 41 33 OR 34 OR 35 OR 36 OR 37
 42 38 OR 39
 43 40 OR 41OR 42
 44 CHILD# OR ADOLESCENT.DE. OR INFANT#
 45 CHILD OR CHILDREN OR CHILDHOOD
 46 44 OR 45
 47 26 AND 43 AND 46
The following search strategy was adapted from the Cochrane Highly Sensitive Search Strategy for identifying randomised trials in MEDLINE and combined with the search strategy above to identify randomised controlled trials:
1 PT=RANDOMIZED‐CONTROLLED‐TRIAL
 2 PT=CONTROLLED‐CLINICAL‐TRIAL
 3 RANDOMIZED‐CONTROLLED‐TRIALS#.DE.
 4 RANDOM‐ALLOCATION#.DE.
 5 DOUBLE‐BLIND‐METHOD#.DE.
 6 SINGLE‐BLIND‐METHOD#.DE.
 7 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6
 8 ANIMAL=YES
 9 HUMAN=YES
 10 8 NOT (8 AND 9)
 11 7 NOT 10
 12 PT=CLINICAL‐TRIAL
 13 CLINICAL‐TRIALS#.DE.
 14 (CLINICAL ADJ TRIAL$).TI.
 15 (CLINICAL ADJ TRIAL$).AB.
 16 (SINGLE OR DOUBLE OR TREBLE OR TRIPLE) ADJ (BLIND OR MASK)
 17 16.TI.
 18 16.AB.
 19 PLACEBOS#.DE.
 20 PLACEBO$.TI.
 21 PLACEBO$.AB.
 22 RANDOM$.TI.
 23 RANDOM$.AB.
 24 RESEARCH‐DESIGN#.DE.
 25 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24
 26 25 NOT 10
 27 26 NOT 11
 28 COMPARATIVE‐STUDY#.DE.
 29 EVALUATION‐STUDIES#.DE.
 30 FOLLOW‐UP‐STUDIES#.DE.
 31 PROSPECTIVE‐STUDIES#.DE.
 32 (CONTROL$ OR PROSPECTIV$ OR VOLUNTEER$).TI.
 33 (CONTROL$ OR PROSPECTIV$ OR VOLUNTEER$).AB.
 34 28 OR 29 OR 30 OR 31 OR 32 OR 33 OR 34
 35 34 NOT 10
 36 35 NOT (11 OR 27)
 37 11 OR 27 OR 36