Table 2 Search strategy on MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane

PubMed and Cochrane

#1 ((((((((((((joint arthroplasty) OR joint replacement) OR knee replacement) OR hip replacement) OR hip arthroplasty) OR knee arthroplasty) OR Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee) OR Arthroplasty, Replacement) OR Arthroplasty, Replacement, Shoulder) OR Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip) OR shoulder replacement) OR shoulder arthroplasty

#2 ((periprosthetic infection) OR prosthetic joint infection) OR periprosthetic joint infection

#3 ((diagnostic test) OR test) OR diagnosis

#4 (((((((fibrin fragment D) or D-dimer fibrin) or D-dimer fragments) or fibrin fragment D1 dimer) or fibrin fragment DD) or D-dimer) or fibrin fragment D-dimer)

#1 and #2 and #3 and #4

EMBASE

#1 ‘joint arthroplasty' OR 'joint replacement' OR 'knee replacement' OR 'hip replacement' OR 'hip arthroplasty' OR 'knee arthroplasty' OR 'replacement arthroplasty' OR 'shoulder replacement' OR 'shoulder arthroplasty'

#2 ‘diagnostic test' OR 'diagnosis' OR test

#3 ‘periprosthetic infection' OR 'prosthetic joint infection' OR 'periprosthetic joint infection'

#4 ‘fibrin fragment d'/expr OR 'fibrin fragment d' OR 'd-dimer fibrin' OR 'd-dimer fragments' OR 'fibrin fragment d1 dimer' OR 'fibrin fragment dd' OR 'd dimer'/exp OR 'd dimer' OR 'fibrin fragment d-dimer'

#1 and #2 and #3 and #4