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. 2009 Oct 7;2009(4):CD002192. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002192.pub2
#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