BladderScan BVI 9400 3D portable ultrasound scanner for measuring bladder volume

Search strategy

For the clinical evidence

Embase 1980 to 2015 Week 11, Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‑Process & Other Non‑Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present; searched 10 March 2015.

1. bladderscan.mp. [mp=ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

2. portable bladder scan*.mp. [mp=ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

3. ultrasound bladder scan*.mp. [mp=ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

4. 1 or 2 or 3

6. limit 5 to yr="2007‑Current"

For the economic evidence

Embase 1980 to 2015 Week 11, Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‑Process & Other Non‑Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present; searched 18 March 2015.

1. bladderscan.mp. [mp=ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

2. portable bladder scan*.mp. [mp=ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

3. ultrasound bladder scan*.mp. [mp=ti, ab, sh, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

4. 1 or 2 or 3

5. cost*.mp.

6. economic*.mp.

7. 5 or 6

8. 4 and 7

9. limit 8 to yr="2007‑Current"

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Issue 3 of 12, March 2015; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials: Issue 2 of 12, February 2015; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effect: Issue 1 of 4, January 2015; Health Technology Assessment Database: Issue 1 of 4, January 2015; NHS Economic Evaluation Database: Issue 1 of 4, January 2015.

Evidence selection

For the clinical evidence

For the economic evidence

Exclusion criteria: case studies, editorials, letters, reviews, animal studies, non‑English language studies, not using the BladderScan BVI 9000‑series.