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Table 1 Search terms (PubMed)

From: Coronary heart disease in primary care: accuracy of medical history and physical findings in patients with chest pain – a study protocol for a systematic review with individual patient data

Searching for chest pain in title/abstracts

chest[TIAB]

 

pain[TIAB]

 

OR

 

OR

 

thoracic[TIAB]

 

pains[TIAB]

 

OR

 

OR

 

thorax[TIAB]

 

discomfort[TIAB]

  

AND

OR

   

complaint*[TIAB]

   

OR

   

distress*[TIAB]

   

OR

   

pressure*[TIAB]

   

OR

   

numbness[TIAB]

OR

Searching for chest pain in MeSH Terms

"chest pain"[MeSH]

AND

Searching for Primary Care in title/ abstract

"general practitioner”[TIAB]

 
 

“general practitioners”[TIAB]

 
 

“general practice”[TIAB]

OR

 

“family practice”[TIAB]

 
 

“family practitioners[TIAB]

 
 

“family practitioner”[TIAB]

 
 

“family medicine”[TIAB]

 
 

“family physician”[TIAB]

 
 

“family physicians”[TIAB]

 
 

“family doctor”[TIAB]

 
 

“family doctors”[TIAB]

 
 

“primary care”[TIAB]

 

OR

Journales relevant for Primary Care

"BMC Fam Pract"[TA]

 
 

"Fam Pract"[TA]

 
 

"J Fam Pract"[TA]

 
 

"Fam Pract Res J"[TA]

 
 

"J Am Board Fam Pract"[TA]

 
 

"Br j gen pract"[TA]

 
 

“J R Coll Gen Pract” [TA]

 
 

“J Coll Gen Pract” [TA]

 
 

“J Coll Gen Pract Res Newsl”[TA]

OR

 

"Can fam physician"[TA]

 
 

"Ann Fam Med"[TA]

 
 

"Aust fam physician"[TA]

 
 

"Scand J Prim Health Care"[TA]

 
 

"Eur J Gen Pract"[TA]

 
 

“J Gen Intern Med”[TA]

 
 

"Arch Fam Med"[TA]

 
 

"Aten Primaria"[TA]

 

OR

Searching for Primary Care in the affiliation of the author

“general practice” [AD]

 
 

“family practice*” [AD]

 
 

“family medicine”[AD]

OR

 

“primary care” [AD]

 
 

community [AD]

 

Searching for Primary care in MeSH

"Family Practice"[MeSh]

 
 

"Physicians, Family"[MeSh]

OR

 

"Primary Health Care"[MeSh]

 
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