Searched strategy in PubMed | |
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Block 1: The elderly | |
#1 | “The elderly” [tiab] |
#2 | “The old man” [tiab] |
#3 | “The old patient” [tiab] OR “The elderly patients” [tiab] |
#4 | “The aged” [tiab] OR “The greybeard” [tiab] |
#5 | #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 |
Block 2: Intraoperative sedation | |
#6 | “Intraoperative sedation” [Mesh] OR “Intraoperative anesthesia” [Mesh] OR “Intraoperative analgesia” [Mesh] |
#7 | “Surgical sedation” [tiab] |
#8 | “Surgical anesthesia” [tiab] OR “Surgical analgesia” [tiab] |
#9 | #6 OR #7 OR #8 |
Block 3: Participants | |
#10 | #5 AND #9 |
Block 4: Intervention in experimental group | |
#11 | “Dexmedetomidine” [Mesh] |
#12 | “Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride” [tiab] OR “Hydrochloride, dexmedetomidine” [tiab] OR “Dexmedetomidine” [tiab] |
#13 | #11 OR #12 |
Block 5: Intervention in control group | |
#14 | “Midazolam” [Mesh] |
#15 | “Benzodiazepine” [tiab] OR “Benzodiazepines” [tiab] |
#16 | “Azepines” [tiab] |
#17 | “Hydrochloride, midazolam” [tiab] OR “Midazolam hydrochloride” [tiab] |
#18 | “Midazolam maleate” [tiab] OR “Maleate, midazolam” |
#19 | #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 |
Block 6: Study type | |
#20 | “Randomized controlled trial” [pt] |
#21 | “Controlled clinical trial” [pt] |
#22 | “Randomized” [tiab] OR “randomly” [tiab] OR “trial” [tiab] OR “groups” [tiab] |
#23 | #20 OR #21 OR #22 |
Block 6: Final merge | |
#24 | #10 AND #13 AND #19 AND #23 |