Search strategy for the MEDLINE database
| # | Searches | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | case series.mp. | 39 714 |
| 2 | "series of cases.”mp. | 2580 |
| 3 | "series of case reports.” mp. | 547 |
| 4 | 1 or 2 or 3 | 42 346 |
| 5 | Research Design/st [Standards] | 9548 |
| 6 | Research design/ and Quality Control/ | 1034 |
| 7 | Research design/ and “Reproducibility of Results"/ | 6230 |
| 8 | Research design/ and Data interpretation, Statistical/ | 4912 |
| 9 | *Research design/ | 24 740 |
| 10 | (quality adj5 (reporting or criteria or characteristic? or feature? or standard? or aspect?)).ti,ab. | 29 385 |
| 11 | (reporting adj5 (selection or recruit* or eligibility or study size or study design? or outcome?)).ti,ab. | 4466 |
| 12 | (reporting adj5 ((loss adj2 follow up) or dropout? or drop out? or attrition or retention)).ti,ab. | 153 |
| 13 | (reporting adj5 (missing data or missing value* or incomplete data or incomplete value*)).ti,ab. | 64 |
| 14 | (methodolog* adj5 (reporting or criteria or characteristic? or feature? or standard? or aspect? or quality)).ti,ab. | 19 999 |
| 15 | (reporting adj2 (scor* or system*)).ti,ab. | 6476 |
| 16 | strobe.ti,ab. | 560 |
| 17 | 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 | 91 558 |
| 18 | 4 and 17 | 591 |
| 19 | (case series adj5 (methodologic* or reporting)).ti,ab. | 171 |
| 20 | (case series adj5 (quality or bias or heterogen* or rigor* or rigour* or robust* or generalisab* or valid*)).ti,ab. | 181 |
| 21 | (case series adj5 (missing data or missing value* or incomplete data or incomplete value*)).ti,ab. | 0 |
| 22 | (case series adj5 ((loss adj2 follow up) or dropout? or drop out? or attrition or retention)).ti,ab. | 6 |
| 23 | (case series and (methodologic* or reporting)).ti. | 14 |
| 24 | (case series and (quality or bias or heterogen* or rigor* or rigour* or robust* or generalisab*)).ti. | 38 |
| 25 | (case series and (missing data or missing value* or incomplete data or incomplete value*)).ti. | 0 |
| 26 | (case series and ((loss adj2 follow up) or dropout? or drop out? or attrition or retention)).ti. | 6 |
| 27 | 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 | 873 |
| 28 | limit 27 to english language | 842 |