Appendix 1. Search strategies for PubMed and EMBASE

PubMed (1950 to current)

#1 Search steroid OR steroids OR corticosteroid OR corticosteroids
#2 Search betamethason* OR dexamethason*
#3 Search cortsisol OR cortisone
#4 Search hellp
#5 Search #1 OR #2 OR #3
#6 Search #4 AND #5

EMBASE (1980 to current)

1. exp HELLP SYNDROME/
2. exp STEROID/
3. exp GLUCOCORTICOID/
4. (dexamethason$ OR betamethason$ OR cortisol OR cortisone).af
5. 2 or 3 or 4
6. 1 and 5