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Table 4 Searching strategies and results for different databases (cut-off date: April 20, 2017)

From: A systematic review: comparative analysis of the effects of propofol and sevoflurane on postoperative cognitive function in elderly patients with lung cancer

Database

Database URL

Search strategy

Results

Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

(“sevoflurane” [Supplementary Concept] OR “sevoflurane” [All Fields]) AND (“propofol” [MeSH Terms] OR “propofol” [All Fields]) AND (“lung” [MeSH Terms] OR “lung” [All Fields])

108

Embase

https://www.embase.com/

(‘sevoflurane’/exp. OR sevoflurane) AND (‘propofol’/exp. OR propofol) AND (‘lung’/exp. OR lung)

1131

Cochrane Library

http://www.cochranelibrary.com/

Sevoflurane AND Propofol AND lung:ti, ab, kw

148

Web of Science

http://apps.webofknowledge.com/

TOPIC: (Sevoflurane AND Propofol AND postoperative AND pain); Timespan: All years.

Indexes: SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, ESCI.

195

CNKI

http://www.cnki.net/

Search conditions: (topic = sevoflurane propofol lung cancer) (fuzzy matching), album navigation: all; database: literature cross-database search; search method: cross-database search

Database: Literature

44

Searching results and information of relevant academic meeting abstracts

Year

City

Meeting name

Article title

Whether included

2015

Beijing, P.R. China

Chinese seminar on translational medicine and integrative medicine

Difference of postoperative cognitive functions under propofol or sevoflurane anesthesia for lung cancer surgery

No