Topical Glucocorticoid Use and the Risk of Posttransplant Diabetes

Table 1

Systematic search in PubMed.

Search number	Search words	Comments	Hits	Abstracts read	Full articles read	Articles included
1	(Topical steroids) AND (diabetes mellitus)		313	67	33	3	Kahara et al. [23], Phan and Smith [21], and Hongo et al. [24]
2	(Topical corticosteroid) AND (hyperglycemia)	Search with lack of sensitivity	22	8	8	3	Hengge et al. [17], Sue and Milanesi [22], and Andersen et al. [19]
3	(Topical) AND “adrenal cortex hormones/adverse effects”(MESH)	Many reviews about TS selection and GC withdrawal	1.500	43	23	2	Callen et al. [16] and van der Linden et al. [20]
4	Diabetes AND “glucocorticoids/adverse effects”(MESH)	Many reviews about systemic GC treatment and risk of DM	861	35	11	1	Gulliford et al. [27]
5	“Topical corticosteroid” AND “iatrogenic”		12	5	3	1	Ahmed et al. [25]