Table 1 Search strategy

PubMed database (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)

63 records

Medical subject headings (MeSH) words and general terms

“Asians” [MeSH] OR “Asian”

AND

“Total Knee Replacement” [MeSH] OR “Total Knee Arthroplasty” OR “TKA” OR “TKR”

AND

“Venous Thromboembolism” [MeSH] OR “VTE” OR “Deep Vein Thrombosis” OR “DVT” OR “Thrombosis” OR “Pulmonary Embolism”[MeSH] OR “Anticoagulation”

Embase database

(https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/embase-biomedical-research)

71 records

Emtree (Elsevier Life Science Thesaurus) and general terms

“Asians” OR “Asian”

AND

“Total Knee Arthroplasty” OR “TKA” Or “Total Knee Replacement” Or “TKR”

AND

“Venous Thromboembolism” OR “VTE” OR “Deep Vein Thrombosis” OR “DVT” OR “Thrombosis” OR “Pulmonary Embolism” OR “Anticoagulation”

CINAHL database

(https://www.ebsco.com/academic-libraries)

28 records

General terms

“Asians” OR “Asian”

AND

“Total Knee Arthroplasty” OR “TKA” Or “Total Knee Replacement” Or “TKR”

AND

“Venous Thromboembolism” OR “VTE” OR “Deep Vein Thrombosis” OR “DVT” OR “Thrombosis” OR “Pulmonary Embolism” OR “Anticoagulation”