Search strategy in Embase.

#1	‘diabetes’: ab,ti
#2	‘diabetic’: ab,ti
#3	‘hyperglycemia’: ab,ti
#4	#1 or #2 or #3
#5	‘sepsis’: ab,ti
#6	‘septic’: ab,ti
#7	‘septicemia’: ab,ti
#8	#5 or #6 or #7
#9	‘mortality’: ab,ti
#10	‘outcome’: ab,ti
#11	‘death’: ab,ti
#12	#9 or #10 or #11
#13	#4 and #8 and #12