Table 1 Studies investigating systems involved in chronic urticaria
Keywords | Search in Pubmed, number of publications | Additional studies found in the reference list | Search in Google Scholar | Total number of studies included | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
‘Urticaria keyword’ | Relevant articles taken into consideration | ||||||
Review articles | Case reports/letters | Original articles | |||||
Systemic symptoms | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Systemic involvement | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Systemic complaints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Systemic manifestations | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Organ involvement | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pulmonary system | |||||||
Pulmonary involvement | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Asthma | 105 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bronchial hyperreactivity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Upper respiratory tract | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Larynx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pharynx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Nose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Eye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Neurological system | |||||||
Nervous system | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Brain | 91 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cerebellum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Central nervous system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peripheral nervous system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cardiovascular system | |||||||
Cardiac system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cardiac symptoms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cardiologic symptoms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Cardiac involvement | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Heart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kounis syndrome | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Hypertension | 85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Blood vessels | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Veins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arteries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Lymphedema | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lymphadenopathy | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haematological system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gastrointestinal system | |||||||
Gastritis | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Gastrointestinal symptoms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Intestines | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Gut | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Duodenum | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Esophagus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liver | 238 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Pancreas | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gallbladder | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Genitourinary system | |||||||
Genitourinary system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Fertility | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Musculoskeletal system | |||||||
Joints | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Arthralgia | 133 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Skeletal system | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bones | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Renal system | |||||||
Renal system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kidneys | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Renal involvement | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Renal functions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |