Table 1 Search strategy and results between 2017 and 2019
From: Meta-analysis of serum and/or plasma D-dimer in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection
Number | Medical subject headings (MeSH) or text keywords | Web of Science/PubMed/EMbase (items found) |
|---|---|---|
#1 | Arthroplasty or joint prosthesis or joint replacement or periprosthetic joint or prosthetic joint | 14,141/16,517/18,358 |
#2 | Infection or infectious or infected | 202,428/206,267/281,637 |
#3 | D-dimer or serum D-dimer or plasma D-dimer or fibrin degradation products | 1519/1764/3454 |
#4 | #1 AND #2 AND #3 | 19/20/18 |