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Table 1 Search Strategy

From: How accurate is the ‘Surprise Question’ at identifying patients at the end of life? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Database

Search Terms

# papers search 1 (Aug 2016)

# papers search 2 (Nov 2016)

OVID platform: Medline, Embase, AMED

Dying.mp.

Death.mp.

mortality.mp.

1 or 2 or 3

(surprise adj1 question).mp.

Gsf.mp

5 or 6

4 and 7

55

137

Web of Science

TS = (surprise NEAR/1 question OR GSF)

TS = (dying OR death OR mortality)

#1 AND #2

31

68

CINAHL (EBSCOhost)

TX surprise question

TX GSF

TX dying

TX mortality

TX death

3 OR 4 OR 5

1 OR 2

6 AND 7

13

33

Database of systematic reviews and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials

surprise NEAR/1 question

TX GSF

TX dying

TX mortality

TX death

3 OR 4 OR 5

1 OR 2

6 AND 7

8

12

Open Grey

“Surprise Question”

0

0

  1. GSF Gold Standard Framework, TS topic, TX all text