Advice
Search strategy and evidence selection
Search strategy
The following databases were searched on 18 February 2014 with the stated search criteria.
Ovid MEDLINE(R) In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present and Embase 1974 to 2014 February 14
For clinical evidence
1. Cannulation/
2. venepuncture/
3. ((intravenous or intravascular) and (catheterisation or catheterization)).mp.
4. 1 or 2 or 3.
5. (AccuVein or AV300 or AV400).mp.
6. (infrared or infra-red or infra red).mp.
7. near-infr*.mp.
8. 5 or 6 or 7
9. 4 and 8
For economic evidence
1. cannulation/
2. Cannulation.mp.
3. venepuncture/
4. Venepuncture.mp.
5. intravenous.mp.
6. intravascular.mp.
7. catheterisation.mp.
8. catheterization.mp.
9. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8
10. AccuVein.mp.
11. AV300.mp.
12. AV400.mp.
13. infrared.mp.
14. infra-red.mp.
15. infra red.mp.
16. near-infr*.mp.
17. 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16
18. cost$.mp.
19. economic$.mp.
20. 18 or 19
21. 9 and 17 and 20
22. limit 21 to english language
23. limit 22 to human
PUBMED
For clinical evidence
1. Cannulation/
2. venepuncture/
3. intravenous catheterization.mp.
4. intravascular catheterization.mp.
5. #1 or #2 or #3 or #4.
6. AccuVein
7. AV300
8. AV400
9. infrared
10. infra-red
11. infra red
12. near-infr*
13. #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or#12
14. #5 and #13
For economic evidence
(((Cannulation OR Venepuncture OR Intravenous OR Intravascular OR Catheterisation OR Catheterization)) AND (AccuVein OR AV300 OR AV400 OR Infrared OR Infra-red OR Infra red OR Near-infr*)) AND (cost$ OR economic$)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews : Issue 2 of 12, February 2014, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials : Issue 1 of 12, January 2014
For clinical evidence
#1 Cannulation
#2 Venepuncture
#3 Intravenous
#4 Intravascular
#5 Catheterisation
#6 Catheterization
#7 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5
#8 AccuVein
#9 AV300
#10 AV400
#11 Infrared
#12 Infra-red
#13 Infra red
#14 near-infr*
#15 #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14
For economic the following terms were added to those listed above.
#16 cost$
#17 economic$
#18 #16 or #17
#19 #7 and #15 and #18
DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects), NHS EED(National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database) , and HTA (Health Technology Assessment) databases
For economic evidence only
(Cannulation OR Venepuncture OR Intravenous OR Intravascular OR Catheterisation OR Catheterization) AND (AccuVein OR AV300 OR AV400 OR Infrared OR Infra-red OR Infra red OR Near-infr*) AND (cost$ OR economic$) IN DARE, NHSEED, HTA FROM 1960 TO 2014
ClinicalTrials.gov
Clinical evidence only
Evidence selection
Clinical:
Total number of abstracts: 486
Duplicates: 28
Titles and abstracts reviewed: 458
Exclusion criteria: case studies, editorials, letters, reviews, conference proceedings/abstracts, animal studies, and non-English language studies, not using the AccuVein AV300 or AV400 device for the purposes of locating blood vessels.
Studies for review: 2
Economic:
Total abstracts: 71
Duplicates: 16
Abstracts reviewed: 55
Exclusion criteria: case studies, editorials, letters, reviews, conference proceedings/abstracts, animal studies, and non-English language studies
Studies for review: 0