Heimildaleit náði til hefðbundinna rafrænna gagnasafna svo sem Medline (1998- apríl 2003) Cochrane Database, Best Evidence, DARE auk gagnabanka yfir klínískar leiðbeiningar og heilbrigðistækniúttektir. Leitað var fyrst og fremst að vel unnum kerfisbundnum yfirlitum, yfirgreiningum (meta-analysis) og klínískum leiðbeiningum auk heilbrigðistækniúttektum (Health Technology Reports /
Assessments). Ef ekki fundust heimildir af þeirri tegund var auk þess leitað að tvíblindum, slembuðum meðferðarrannsóknum og framvirkum ferilrannsóknum með viðmiðunarhóp.
Leitarorð: Sore throat, pharyngitis or tonsillitis. Tengt við 1. practice guidelines
(variants) meta-analysis (og varianta), systematic review (variants), random allocation, randomized, double blind, controlled tria. Síðan var tengt við leitarorð sem ná til meðferðar, greiningar og fylgikvilla/horfur.
Leit var fyrst unnin vorið 2001 en síðan endurunnin í apríl 2003.
Heimildalisti þessi var ekki unnin m.t.t. birtingar heldur stuðnings við vinnuhópinn. Listinn er alls ekki tæmandi og röðin á heimildum miðast við óbirt vinnuplagg.
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