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Table 3 Search Strategy May Week 4 2012 (PubMed)

From: Diagnostic indicators of non-cardiovascular chest pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

No.

Search

Hits

1

Search thoracic pain OR chest pain OR noncardiac chest pain OR non cardiac chest pain OR atypical chest pain OR musculoskeletal chest pain OR esophageal chest pain OR thoracic spine pain OR chest wall

96,313

2

Search coronary artery disease OR cardiac disease OR coronary heart disease OR coronary thrombosis OR coronary occlusion

929,959

3

Search 1 NOT 2

38,735

4

Search sensitivity OR specificity OR diagnostic tests OR chest pain/diagnosis

1,301,595

5

Search 3 AND 4

2,736

6

Search 5 NOT 2; Filters: publication date from 1992/01/01; humans

2,177

7

Search 5 NOT 2; Filters: publication date from 1992/01/01; humans; adult: 19+ years

1,432