Search Strategies for a Rapid Review of Surgery, Malpractice, and Litigation

Abstract

To identify studies to include or consider for this rapid review, the review team worked with a librarian (CE, TN) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA extension was followed for search reporting. The librarian (CE, TN) developed the search for PubMed and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy. All final searches were peer-reviewed by another librarian (BF) following the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS checklist). The search was limited by date from 1994 to present, to English language when available, and to an adult population.