The Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis Score as a Predictor of 1-Month Mortality among Adult Patients with Sepsis: Weighing the Evidence

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Search strategy.

Database	Search terms
PubMed	MEDS [All Fields] AND ((“sepsis” [MeSH Terms] OR “sepsis” [All Fields]) OR sirs [All Fields] OR septic [All Fields]) AND ((“lactic acid” [MeSH Terms] OR (“lactic” [All Fields] AND “acid” [All Fields]) OR “lactic acid” [All Fields] OR “lactate” [All Fields] OR “lactates” [MeSH Terms] OR “lactates” [All Fields]) OR “c-reactive protein” [All Fields] OR (“procalcitonin” [Supplementary Concept] OR “procalcitonin” [All Fields])) AND (“mortality” [Subheading] OR “mortality” [All Fields] OR “mortality” [MeSH Terms]) AND (“adult” [MeSH Terms] OR “adult” [All Fields]) AND (“emergencies” [MeSH Terms] OR “emergencies” [All Fields] OR “emergency” [All Fields]) AND (Case Reports [ptyp] OR Clinical Trial [ptyp] OR Comparative Study [ptyp] OR Validation Studies [ptyp] OR Classical Article [ptyp] OR Journal Article [ptyp])
ScienceDirect	ALL (MEDS AND (sepsis OR sirs OR septic) AND (lactate OR “c-reactive protein” OR procalcitonin) AND mortality AND adult AND emergency) AND LIMIT-TO (contenttype, “1,2”, “Journal”) AND LIMIT-TO (topics, “emergency department”)
SpringerLink	MEDS AND (sepsis OR sirs OR septic) AND (lactate OR “c-reactive protein” OR procalcitonin) AND mortality AND adult AND emergency within Medicine Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Sepsis Article
Ovid	MEDS AND (sepsis OR sirs OR septic) AND (lactate OR “c-reactive protein” OR procalcitonin) AND mortality AND adult AND emergency {Including Limited Related Terms} limit 1 to “all adult” (19 plus years); to original articles [Limit not valid in Ovid MEDLINE(R), Ovid MEDLINE(R) In-Process, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily Update, Ovid OLDMEDLINE(R); records were retained]