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Table 1 Search Results Summary

From: Inhaled ciclesonide versus inhaled budesonide or inhaled beclomethasone or inhaled fluticasone for chronic asthma in adults: a systematic review

Search

Medline

Embase

PubMed

Cochrane

Internet

Total no. of papers without duplicates

Reviews

Abstracts

Papers after exclusion

(Ciclesonide or Alvesco) and (Budesonide or Pulmicort)

6

58

7

7

1

66

4 (2 are duplicates with the FP search)

5

2

(Ciclesonide or Alvesco) and (Beclomethasone or Becotide or Becloforte)

1

1

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

(Ciclesonide or Alvesco) and (Fluticasone or Flixotide)

4

56

4

4

0

62

2 (both are duplicates with the FP search)

3

3