C-Section: Search strategy

C-Section: Search strategy (Medline, Embase, CENTRAL)

Last update search conducted: 3rd April 2014
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Search term

1

(‘Clinical trial‘/exp OR
‘Randomized controlled trial‘/exp OR ‘Randomization‘/exp OR ‘Single blind
procedure‘/exp OR ‘Double blind procedure‘/exp OR ‘Crossover procedure‘/exp
OR ‘Placebo‘/exp OR ‘Randomised controlled trial’:ab,ti OR ‘Randomized
controlled trial’:ab,ti OR Rct:ab,ti OR ‘Random allocation’:ab,ti OR
‘Randomly allocated’:ab,ti OR ‘Allocated randomly’:ab,ti OR (allocated NEAR/2
random):ab,ti OR ‘Single blind’:ab,ti OR ‘Double blind’:ab,ti OR ((treble OR
triple) NEAR/1 blind):ab,ti OR Placebo*:ab,ti OR ‘Prospective study‘/exp) NOT
(‘Case study‘/exp OR ‘Case report’:ab,ti OR ‘Abstract report‘/exp OR
‘letter‘/exp)

2

‘cesarean section’/exp OR
caesarean:ab,ti OR cesarean:ab,ti OR cesarian:ab,ti OR ‘c section’:ab,ti

3

‘pain’/exp OR ‘pain assessment’/exp OR ‘postoperative pain’/exp OR
pain:ab,ti OR ‘analgesia’/exp OR VAS:ab,ti OR anesthesia:ab,ti OR
anaesthesia:ab,ti OR ‘visual analogue scale’:ab,ti OR VRS:ab,ti OR ‘verbal
rating scale’:ab,ti OR NRS:ab,ti OR ‘numerical rating scale’:ab,ti

4

Limitation: English



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Search term

1

MeSH
descriptor: [Cesarean Section] explode all trees

2

caesarean
OR cesarean OR cesarian OR c-section

3

1 OR 2

4

MeSH descriptor: [Pain] explode all trees

5

MeSH
descriptor: [Pain Measurement] explode all trees

6

MeSH
descriptor: [Pain, Postoperative] explode all trees

7

MeSH descriptor: [Analgesia] explode all trees

8

pain or
VAS or visual analogue scale or VRS or verbal rating scale or NRS or
numerical rating scale or anesthesia or anaesthesia

9

4 OR 5 OR
6 Or 7 OR 8

10

3 AND 9