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Search strategy and evidence selection

Search strategy and evidence selection

Search strategy

For the clinical evidence:

Embase 1980 to 2014 Week 46, Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‑Process & Other Non‑Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present; searched on Wednesday, 7th January 2015.

1. lipiflow.mp.

2. thermodynamic treatment.mp.

3. thermal pulsation system.mp.

4. 1 or 2 or 3

5. meibomian gland dysfunction.mp. or Dry Eye Syndromes/

6. MGD.mp.

7. Eye Diseases/

8. Eye/

9. meibomian gland/

10. eyelid/

11. Evaporative Dry Eye.mp.

12. 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11

13. 4 and 12

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effect (DARE) were searched on Wednesday, 7th January 2015:

1. LipiFlow OR

2. Thermal pulsation system AND

3. Meibomian gland dysfunction

For the economic evidence:

Embase 1980 to 2015 Week 01, Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‑Process & Other Non‑Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present; Searched on 06 January 2015

1. meibomian gland dysfunction.mp. or Dry Eye Syndromes/

2. MGD.mp.

3. Eye Diseases/

4. Eye/

5. meibomian gland/

6. eyelid/

7. Evaporative Dry Eye.mp.

8. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7

9. lipiflow.mp.

10. thermodynamic treatment.mp.

11. thermal pulsation system.mp.

12. 9 or 10 or 11

13. cost*.mp.

14. economic*.mp.

15. 13 or 14

16. 8 and 12 and 15

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Issue 1 of 12, January 2015

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials: Issue 12 of 12, December 2014

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effect: Issue 4 of 4, October 2014

Health Technology Assessment Database: Issue 4 of 4, October 2014

NHS Economic Evaluation Database: Issue 4 of 4, October 2014

#1 LipiFlow

#2 Thermal pulsation system

#3 #1 or #2

#4 Meibomian gland dysfunction

#5 #3 and #4

#6 cost*

#7 economic*

#8 #6 or #7

#9 #5 and #8

Evidence selection

For the clinical evidence:

  • Total number of publications reviewed: 15

  • Total number of publications considered relevant: 9

  • Total number of publications selected for inclusion in this briefing: 6

Exclusion Criteria: case studies, editorials, letters, reviews, conference proceedings/abstracts, animal studies, non‑English language studies, not using the LipiFlow system.

For the economic section:

  • Total abstracts: 0

  • Duplicates: 0

  • Abstracts reviewed: 0

  • Full papers reviewed: 0

Exclusion Criteria: case studies, editorials, letters, reviews, conference proceedings/abstracts, animal studies, non‑English language studies, not using the LipiFlow system.

Studies for review: 0