| #1 | explode "Preanesthetic‐Medication"/ all subheadings |
| #2 | explode Premedication/ all subheadings |
| #3 | ambulatory an?esthesia |
| #4 | prean?est* or pre?medic* |
| #5 | explode "Anti‐Anxiety‐Agents"/ all subheadings |
| #6 | anxioly* |
| #7 | #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 |
| #8 | "Surgery‐" / all SUBHEADINGS in MIME,MJME,PT |
| #9 | explode "Ambulatory‐Surgical‐Procedures" / all subheadings |
| #10 | explode "Specialties‐Surgical"/ all subheadings |
| #11 | surgical (procedur* or operat*) |
| #12 | day case or out?patient* or ambulat* |
| #13 | #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 |
| #14 | #7 and #13 |
| #15 | RANDOMIZED‐CONTROLLED‐TRIAL in PT |
| #16 | CONTROLLED‐CLINICAL‐TRIAL in PT |
| #17 | RANDOMIZED‐CONTROLLED‐TRIALS |
| #18 | RANDOM‐ALLOCATION |
| #19 | DOUBLE‐BLIND‐METHOD |
| #20 | SINGLE‐BLIND‐METHOD |
| #21 | #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20 |
| #22 | (TG=ANIMALS) not ((TG=HUMAN) and (TG=ANIMALS)) |
| #23 | #21 not #22 |
| #24 | CLINICAL‐TRIAL in PT |
| #25 | explode CLINICAL‐TRIALS / all subheadings |
| #26 | (clin* near trial*) in TI |
| #27 | (clin* near trial*) in AB |
| #28 | (singl* or doubl* or trebl* or tripl*) near (blind* or mask*) |
| #29 | (#28 in TI) or (#28 in AB) |
| #30 | PLACEBOS |
| #31 | placebo* in TI |
| #32 | placebo* in AB |
| #33 | random* in TI |
| #34 | random* in AB |
| #35 | RESEARCH‐DESIGN |
| #36 | #24 or #25 or #26 or #27 or #29 or #30 or #31 or #32 or #33 or #34 or #35 |
| #37 | (TG=ANIMALS) not ((TG=HUMAN) and (TG=ANIMALS)) |
| #38 | #36 not #37 |
| #39 | #38 not #23 |
| #40 | #23 or #39 |
| #41 | #14 and #40 |