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Table 1 Search strings for PubMed and EMBASE

From: Epidemiology of diabetic foot disease and diabetes-related lower-extremity amputation in Australia: a systematic review protocol

 

PubMed

 

EMBASE

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Diabetic foot disease string

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Diabetic foot disease string

1

(“Ulcer”[Mesh] OR ulcer*[tw])

1

‘ulcer’/exp

2

(“Foot”[Mesh] OR foot[tw] OR feet[tw])

2

ulcer:ab,ti

3

“Foot Ulcer”[Mesh]

3

#1 OR #2

4

(“Foot Diseases”[Mesh] OR foot problem*[tw] OR foot disease*[tw])

4

‘foot’/exp

5

diabet*[tw]

5

(foot or feet):ab,ti

6

#1 AND #2 AND #5

6

#4 OR #5

7

#3 AND #5

7

#3 AND #6

8

#4 AND #5

8

‘foot ulcer’/exp

9

diabetic foot[tw]

9

‘foot disease’/exp

10

diabetic feet[tw]

10

(foot disease* or foot problem*):ab,ti

11

#6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10

11

diabet*:ab,ti

12

#7 AND #11

13

#8 AND #11

14

#9 AND #11

15

#10 AND #11

16

‘diabetic foot’/exp

17

#12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16

 

Amputation string

 

Amputation string

12

Amput* [tw]

18

‘amput*’/exp

13

Diabet* [tw]

19

diabet*:ab,ti

14

#12 AND #13

20

#18 AND #19

 

Outcomes string

 

Outcomes string

15

Incidence

21

Incidence/exp

16

Prevalence

22

Prevalence/exp

17

(#15 OR #16)

23

#21 OR #22

18

Austral*

24

Austral*/exp

19

#17 AND #18

25

#23 AND #24

 

Final search

 

Final search

20

#11 OR #14

26

#17 OR #20

21

#19 AND #20

27

#25 AND #26