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From: Risk of postoperative pulmonary complications in adult surgical patients with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

Search Date

MEDLINE search strategy

January 06, 2019

((“surgical procedures, operative”[MeSH Major Topic] OR “surgery”[Title/Abstract]) AND (“metabolic syndrome”[MeSH Major Topic] OR “metabolic syndrome”[Title/Abstract])) AND (((“lung”[MeSH Major Topic] OR “respiratory therapy”[MeSH Major Topic]) OR “lung”[Title/Abstract]) OR “pulmonary”[Title/Abstract])AND (“1998/01/01”[PDAT]: “2019/01/18”[PDAT]) AND (“1998/01/01”[PDAT]: “2019/01/18”[PDAT])

Search Date

CINAHL search strategy

January 06, 2019

(((TI Metabolic syndrome) OR (AB metabolic syndrome)) AND (((TI surgical procedures) OR (AB surgical procedures) OR ((TI operative) OR (AB operative)) OR ((TI surgery) OR (AB surgery) AND (((TI Metabolic syndrome) OR (AB metabolic syndrome)) AND (((TI respiratory therapy) OR (AB respiratory therapy)) OR ((TI lungs) OR (AB lungs)) OR ((pulmonary) OR (AB pulmonary))) with limiters of a published date from 1998/01/01

Search Date

ScienceDirect search strategy

January 06, 2019

title-abs-key (metabolic syndrome) AND title-abs-key (surgical procedures*) OR title-abs-key (operative*) OR title-abs-key (surgery*) AND title-abs-key (respiratory therapy*) OR title-abs-key (lung) OR title-abs-key (pulmonary) AND LIMIT-TO (yearnav, “2019, 2018, 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”).

Search Date

Embase Search strategy

January 06, 2019

‘metabolic syndrome’:ab,ti AND surgical procedures: ab,ti OR operative: ab,ti OR surgery ab,ti AND pulmonary:ab,ti OR respiratory therapy:ab,ti OR lungs ab.ti[1998–2019]/py AND [english]/lim AND [humans]/lim