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Table 1 Search strategy of PubMed

From: Effect of sarcopenia in predicting postoperative mortality in emergency laparotomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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#1

"Surgical Procedures, Operative"[MeSH Terms]

#2

"Operative Procedure"[All Fields] OR "Procedure, Operative"[All Fields] OR "Surgical Procedure, Operative"[All Fields] OR "Operative Surgical Procedures"[All Fields] OR "Procedure, Operative Surgical"[All Fields] OR "Surgical Procedures"[All Fields] OR "Procedure, Surgical"[All Fields] OR "Surgical Procedure"[All Fields] OR "Operative Surgical Procedure"[All Fields] OR "Surgery, Ghost"[All Fields]

#3

#1 OR #2

#4

"Abdomen"[MeSH Terms] OR "Abdomens"[All Fields]

#5

#3 AND #4

#6

"Laparotomy"[MeSH Terms] OR "Laparotomies"[All Fields] OR "Minilaparotomy"[All Fields] OR "Minilaparotomies"[All Fields]

#7

#5 OR #6

#8

"Emergencies"[MeSH Terms] OR "Emergency"[All Fields]

#9

#7 AND #8

#10

"Sarcopenia"[MeSH Terms] OR "Sarcopenias"[All Fields]

#11

#9 AND #10