Example search strategy for MEDLINE (modified for Embase).
| Search | Search term |
|---|---|
| 1 | Exp *Kidney Failure, Chronic/ |
| 2 | (Renal or kidney or nephropath$ or nephrolog$).tw. |
| 3 | CKD.tw. |
| 4 | Exp *Natural History/ |
| 5 | Exp Disease Progression/ |
| 6 | Natural course.tw. |
| 7 | Disease course.tw. |
| 8 | (Cohort or follow-up or follow-up or longitudinal or prospective or screening or cross sectional or cross-sectional).tw. |
| 9 | Population-based stud$.tw. |
| 10 | Exp Mass Screening/ |
| 11 | Exp cohort studies/ or exp cross-sectional studies/ |
| 12 | Exp “review”/ |
| 13 | Mass screen$.tw. |
| 14 | Review.ti. |
| 15 | 1 or 2 or 3 |
| 16 | 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 |
| 17 | 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 |
| 18 | 15 and 16 and 17 |
| 19 | Limit 18 to (English language and humans) |