Table 3.

Search strategy for Ovid MEDLINE

1	exp Infant, Newborn/
2	(neonat* or newborn* or new born* or baby or babies or premature or preterm or infant* or low birth weight or LBW or VLBW or ELBW or NICU*).ti, ab, kw.
3	1 or 2
4	exp Sepsis/
5	(sepsis or septic* or bacter?emia).ti, ab, kw.
6	4 or 5
7	Decision Support Techniques/ or Neonatal Screening/
8	((predict* or diagnos* or screen* or identif* or manag*) adj5 (model* or rule* or scor* or tool* or algorithm* or decision tree* or pathway* or calculator*)).ti, ab, kw.
9	7 or 8
10	3 and 6 and 9

ELBW, extremely low birth weight; LBW, low birth weight; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; VLBW, very low birth weight.