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Hartmann KE, Andrews JC, Jerome RN, et al. Strategies to Reduce Cesarean Birth in Low-Risk Women [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2012 Oct. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 80.)

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Appendix AExact Search Strings and Results

Table A1PubMed search strategies

Search termsSearch results
#1(cesarean section[mh:noexp] OR cesarean[tiab] OR caesarean[tiab] OR c-section[tiab]) AND pregnancy[mh]38234
#2randomized controlled trial[pt] OR controlled clinical trial[pt] OR random allocation[mh] OR double-blind method[mh] OR single-blind method[mh] OR clinical trial[pt] OR “clinical trial”[tiab] OR random[tiab] OR randomized[tiab] OR randomly[tiab] OR control[tiab] OR controlled[tiab] OR controls[tiab] OR interrupted time series[tiab] OR ecologic[tiab] OR delivery of health care[majr] OR health services research[majr]3072065
#3#1 AND #2 AND eng[la] AND humans[mh]6966
#4#3 AND newspaper article[pt]7
#5#3 AND letter[pt]102
#6#3 AND comment[pt]92
#7#3 AND case reports[pt]340
#8#3 AND review[pt]552
#9#3 AND practice guideline[pt]11
#10#3 AND clinical conference[pt]3
#11#3 AND editorial[pt]36
#12#3 AND historical article[pt]10
#13#3 AND meta-analysis[pt]149
#14#3 AND congresses[pt]5
#15#3 AND in vitro[pt]50
#16#3 AND retracted publication[pt]1
#17#3 NOT (#4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16)5822

Key: [mh] Medical Subject Heading; [mh:noexp] Medical Subject Heading not including narrower subject terms; [majr] Medical Subject Heading as main focus of article; [tiab] title/abstract word; [pt] publication type

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Note: numbers do not tally as some articles are excluded in more than one category.

Table A2CINAHL search results

Search termsSearch results
#1“cesarean” OR (MH “Cesarean Section”) OR “caesarean” OR “c-section”7755
#2(MH “Pregnancy”) OR “pregnancy”80117
#3#1 AND #26447
#4(MH “Clinical Trials”) OR “randomized controlled trial” OR (MH “Random Assignment”) OR “random allocation” OR “random assignment” OR “clinical trial” OR random OR randomized OR randomly OR controlled OR control OR controls OR “interrupted time series” OR ecologic OR (MH “Health Care Delivery”) OR (MH “Health Services Research”)494241
#5#3 AND #4 AND English Language1684
#6#5 AND Publication Type: Letter77
#7#5 AND Publication Type: Commentary145
#8#5 AND Publication Type: Case study67
#9#5 AND Publication Type: Review81
#10#5 AND Publication Type: Practice Guidelines11
#11#5 AND Publication Type: Editorial24
#12#5 AND Publication Type: Historical Material0
#13#5 AND Publication Type: Anecdote5
#14#5 AND Publication Type: Interview1
#15#5 AND Publication Type: Proceedings2
#16#6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15337
#17#5 NOT #161347
#18#17 Exclude MEDLINE records214

KEY: MH major heading

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