Research Article

ACTH Treatment for Management of Nephrotic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Reappraisal

Table 1

Search strategy.

DatabaseMedline

Date06/04/2019
Strategy
(1) Nephrotic syndrome/
(2) “nephrotic syndrome.”tw.
(3) 1 or 2
(4) exp adrenocorticotropic hormone/
(5) ((adrenocorticotropi adj3 hormone) or acth or corticotropin or adrenocorticotropin) mp.
(6) 4 or 5
(7) 3 and 6
(8) Limit 7 to English language

DatabaseEmbase

Date06/04/2019
Strategy
(1) exp nephrotic syndrome/
(2) “nephrotic syndrome.”tw.
(3) 1 or 2
(4) corticotropin/
(5) ((adrenocorticotropi adj3 hormone) or acth or corticotropin or adrenocorticotropin) mp.
(6) 4 or 5
(7) 3 and 6
(8) Limit 7 to English language

DatabaseEmbase

Date06/04/2019
Strategy
(1) mh “nephrotic syndrome”]
(2) “nephrotic syndrome
(3) #1 or #2
(4) [mh “adrenocorticotropic hormone”]
(5) (adrenocorticotropi near/3 hormone) or acth or corticotropin or adrenocorticotropin
(6) #4 or #5
(7) #3 and #6 in trials