Search Strategies for Sedation Monitoring EEG in ICU Literature

Comprising search strategies for four medical literature databases: MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOHost), and Cochrane CENTRAL. The strategies target the concepts of sedation, processed EEG, and ICUs. The number of results and specific search strings for each database are provided in an RTF file.

Use Cases

• Identify relevant literature on sedation monitoring using processed EEG in ICUs by applying the provided MEDLINE search strategy.
• Compare the scope and yield of search results across the four databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane CENTRAL) for the sedation concept.
• Replicate or adapt the documented search strategies for systematic reviews on ICU sedation practices involving EEG.

Strengths

• Search strategies are provided for four major medical literature databases.
• The dataset explicitly targets three core concepts: sedation, processed EEG, and ICUs.

Limitations

• The dataset does not contain the actual literature results, only the search strategies.
• The underlying data is static and represents a snapshot of database contents at the time of search.

Provenance

Source

Borealis Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Compilation of search strategies for systematic literature review.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-21.