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Table 9 Database search strategies

From: A comparison of functional outcomes following inpatient versus outpatient hip or knee arthroplasty

Database

Search strategy

PubMed

(("outpatient"[Title/Abstract] OR "ambulatory surg*"[Title/Abstract] OR "day of surgery"[Title/Abstract] OR "same day discharge"[Title/Abstract])) AND (("knee replacement"[Title/Abstract] OR "knee arthroplasty"[Title/Abstract] OR "hip replacement"[Title/Abstract] OR "hip arthroplasty"[Title/Abstract] OR "lower limb arthroplasty"[Title/Abstract]))

CINAHL

(((TI outpatient OR AB outpatient) OR (TI "ambulatory surg*" OR AB "ambulatory surg*") OR (TI "day of surgery" OR AB "day of surgery") OR (TI "same day discharge" OR AB "same day discharge"))) AND (((TI "knee replacement" OR AB "knee replacement") OR (TI "knee arthroplasty" OR AB "knee arthroplasty") OR (TI "hip replacement" OR AB "hip replacement") OR (TI "hip arthroplasty" OR AB "hip arthroplasty") OR (TI "lower limb arthroplasty" OR AB "lower limb arthroplasty")))

EMBASE

((outpatient:ti,ab OR "ambulatory surg*":ti,ab OR "day of surgery":ti,ab OR "same day discharge":ti,ab)) AND (("knee replacement":ti,ab OR "knee arthroplasty":ti,ab OR "hip replacement":ti,ab OR "hip arthroplasty":ti,ab OR "lower limb arthroplasty":ti,ab))