Table 1

Medline (Ovid) provisional search terms

Search conceptSearch terms
Albumin1. Serum Albumin, Human/
2. Albumins/ad, tu, th [Administration & Dosage, Therapeutic Use, Therapy]
3. Albumin.mp.
4. 1 or 2 or 3
SBP5. (‘spontaneous bacterial peritonitis’ or SBP).mp.
Ascites6. exp ASCITES/
7. ascit*.mp.
8. 5 or 6 or 7
Cirrhosis9. exp Liver Cirrhosis/
10. cirrho*.mp.
11. 9 or 10
Combined search12. 4 and 8 and 11