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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Nurs Stud. 2017 Mar 28;71:97–114. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.03.012
Search Statements Employed
Database Search Statement Number of Results
Medline (EBSCO) ((MH “Pressure Ulcer”) OR (TI “pressure ulcer*”)) AND ((MH “intensive care”) OR (MH “intensive care units”) OR (TI intensive care unit*) OR (TI “critical care”)) 243
Medline (EBSCO) ((MH “Intensive Care Units+”) OR (MH “Critical Care+”)) AND (MH “Pressure Ulcer+”) 334
PubMed (pssure injur*[TI] OR pressure ulcer*[TI] OR pressure sore*[TI] OR bed sore*[TI] OR bedsore*[TI] OR decubital ulcer*[TI] OR decubitus ulcer*[TI] OR ulcus decubitus[TI] OR “Pressure Ulcer”[Mesh]) AND (“Critical Care”[Mesh] OR “Intensive Care Units”[Mesh] OR “Burn Units”[Mesh] OR “Coronary Care Units”[Mesh] OR “Intensive Care Units, Pediatric”[Mesh] OR “Intensive Care Units, Neonatal”[Mesh] OR “Recovery Room”[Mesh] OR “Respiratory Care Units”[Mesh] OR “Critical Illness”[Mesh] OR “Critical Care Nursing”[Mesh] OR “Critical Care Outcomes”[Mesh] OR critical care[TI] OR Critically Ill[TI] OR critical ill*[TI] OR intensive care[TI] OR cardiovascular unit*[TI] OR coronary care[TI] OR Cardiac Care[TI] OR neurocritical care[TI] OR neurointensive care[TI] OR step-down unit*[TI] OR step down unit*[TI] OR burn unit*[TI] OR high dependency unit*[TI] OR neurosurgical unit*[TI] OR surgical intensive care[TI] OR Recovery Room*[TI] OR recovery unit*[TI] OR observation unit*[TI] OR observational unit*[TI] OR Respiratory Care[TI] OR ICU[tiab] OR ICUs[tiab] OR NICU[tiab] OR NICUs[tiab] OR CCU[tiab] OR CCUs[tiab] OR SICU[tiab] OR SICUs[tiab]) 441
CINAHL (EBSCO) ((MH “Intensive Care, Neonatal+”) OR (MH “Intensive Care Units+”) OR (MH “Critical Care+”) OR (TI “intensive care”) OR (TI “critical care”)) AND ((MH “Pressure Ulcer+”) OR (TI “Pressure Ulcer”) OR (TI “Pressure ulcers”)) 506
Cochrane pressure ulcer* AND (“intensive care” unit* OR “intensive care” OR “critical care”) in Title, abstract, kw 113
Scopus pressure ulcer* AND (“intensive care” unit* OR “intensive care” OR “critical care”) in Title, abstract, kw 926
Dissertations and Theses su(pressure ulcer*) AND su((intensive care OR critical care)) 9
Dissertations and Theses diskw(pressure ulcer*) AND diskw((intensive care OR critical care)) 8

Note. NLM subject headings: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/. With regard to database selection: Though the material indexed in Medline is also included in NLM PubMed, the search algorithms can vary between interface providers, as can post-limit features and other options, and thus can yield slightly different results sets.