Table 2 Example search strategies
Search date | MEDLINE search strategy |
|---|---|
December 12, 2016 | (((metabolic syndrome[Title/Abstract] OR syndrome x[Title/Abstract]) OR “metsy”[Title/Abstract]) OR “deadly quartet”[Title/Abstract]) AND (((((((((((surgery[Title/Abstract] OR “surgeries”[Title/Abstract]) OR “operation”[Title/Abstract]) OR “operative”[Title/Abstract]) OR “intervention”[Title/Abstract]) OR “interventions”[Title/Abstract]) OR “operations”[Title/Abstract]) OR “perioperative”[Title/Abstract]) OR “intraoperative”[Title/Abstract]) OR “preoperative”[Title/Abstract]) OR “postoperative”[Title/Abstract]) OR “surgical”[Title/Abstract]) AND (“1998/01/01”[PDAT] : “2017/12/31”[PDAT]) AND (“1998/01/01”[PDAT] : “2017/12/31”[PDAT]) |
CINAHL search strategy | |
December 12, 2016 | (((TI metabolic syndrome) OR (AB metabolic syndrome)) OR ((TI syndrome x) OR (AB syndrome x)) OR ((TI Metsy) OR (AB Metsy)) OR ((TI Metsyn) OR (AB Metsyn)) OR ((TI Deadly Quartet) OR (AB Deadly Quartet))) AND (((TI intervention) OR (AB intervention)) OR ((TI interventions) OR (AB interventions)) OR ((TI operation) OR (AB operation)) OR ((TI operations) OR (AB operations)) OR ((TI operative) OR (AB operative)) OR ((TI procedure) OR (AB procedure)) OR ((TI procedures) OR (AB procedures)) OR ((TI surgery) OR (AB surgery)) OR ((TI surgeries) OR (AB surgeries)) OR ((TI surgical) OR (AB surgical)) OR ((TI preoperative) OR (AB preoperative)) OR ((TI intraoperative) OR (AB intraoperative)) OR ((TI postoperative) OR (AB postoperative)) OR ((TI perioperative) OR (AB perioperative))) with limiters of a published date from 1998/01/01 |
ScienceDirect search strategy | |
December 14, 2016 | title-abs-key(metabolic syndrome) OR title-abs-key(syndrome x) OR title-abs-key(deadly quartet) OR title-abs-key(metsy) OR title-abs-key(metsyn) AND title-abs-key(intervention*) OR title-abs-key(operati*) or title-abs-key(procedure*) OR title-abs-key(surg*) OR title-abs-key(preoperative) OR title-abs-key(intraoperative) OR title-abs-key(postoperative) OR title-abs-key(perioperative) AND LIMIT-TO (yearnav, “2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998”) AND LIMIT-TO (contenttype, “JL, BS”, “Journal”). |
EMBASE search strategy | |
December 14, 2016 | ‘metabolic syndrome’:ab,ti OR (syndrome:ab,ti AND x:ab,ti) OR (deadly:ab,ti AND quartet:ab,ti) AND surgery:ab,ti AND [1998-2016]/py AND [english]/lim AND [humans]/lim |