Table 1

Search terms: Medline

S1(MH ‘decision making’) OR (MH ‘clinical decision-making’) OR (MH ‘decision making, organisational’) OR (MH ‘decision making, shared’)
S2TI (implementation or evidence based practice) OR AB (implementation OR evidence based practice)
S3TI (do not attempt resuscitation OR do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation OR do not resuscitate OR not for resuscitation OR resuscitation order OR cardiopulmonary resuscitation OR resuscitation OR resus OR CPR OR DNACPR OR DNAR OR resuscitation plan OR DNR order OR NFR OR DRN OR allow natural death)
OR
AB (do not attempt resuscitation OR do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation OR do not resuscitate OR not for resuscitation OR resuscitation order OR cardiopulmonary resuscitation OR resuscitation OR resus OR CPR OR DNACPR OR DNAR OR resuscitation plan OR DNR order OR NFR OR DRN OR allow natural death)
S4(MM ‘Resuscitation Orders’) OR (MM ‘Resuscitation+’) OR (MM ‘Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation+’)
S5S1 OR S2
S6S3 OR S4
S7S5 AND S6
  • AB, abstract search; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DNACPR, do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DNAR, do not attempt resuscitation; DNR, do not resuscitation; DNR, do not resuscitation; MH, Search the exact MeSH subject heading; searches both major and minor headings; MM, Searches the exact MeSH subject heading; searches just for major headings; NFR, not for resuscitation; TI, title search.