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Table 1 Concepts and key terms for search blocks

From: Children with autism spectrum disorder in high technology medicine environments; a qualitative systematic review of parental perspectives

Concept blocks

Children and their primary caregivers’ experiences

Autism (similar diagnoses)

Anesthesia and radiographic departments

Key terms

Children

Adolescents

Preadolescents

Teens

Young adults

Youths

Caregiver

Carer

Guardian

Father

Mother

Parent

Step-father

Step-mother

Step-parent

Family

Step-family

Kinship network

Relative

Professional-family relations/relationships

Autism

Autistic spectrum disorder

ASD

Asperger syndrome/disease

Asperger’s

Disintegrative disorder

Pervasive developmental disorder

Pervasive child developmental disorder

Heller’s syndrome

Kanner syndrome

Kanner’s syndrome

Anesthesia

Anesthesiology

Anesthetics

Radiograph

Radiographic

Radiography

Radiology

X-ray

Peri-radiographic

Ambulatory surgery

Day procedure

Day care procedure

Medical encounter

Medical procedure

Perioperative

Preoperative

Postoperative

Post-anesthesia

Post-surgical

Surgery