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Immunology

rfdudden — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:09:32 CDT

Simple filter for all of Immunology.

OVID version:

exp immune system/
exp immunologic diseases/

Detailed or comprehensive filter for all of Immunology.

Ovid
For MEDLINE

exp immunity/
exp immune system/
exp immunologic factors/
exp immunochemistry/
psychoneuroimmunology/
exp complement activating enzymes/
exp complement inactivators/
or/1-7
exp immunologic tests/
exp immunologic techniques/
exp immunotherapy/
exp anti-allergic agents/
or/9-12
exp immunologic diseases/
8 or 13 or 14

Submitted by Rosalind Dudden, duddenr@njc.org, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO

Respiratory Medicine

rfdudden — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:02:05 CDT

Simple filter for all of Respiratory Medicine.

OVID version:

exp respiratory system/
exp respiratory tract diseases/

Detailed or comprehensive filter for all of Respiratory Medicine.

Ovid
For MEDLINE

exp respiratory system/
exp respiratory physiology/
exp respiratory muscles/
exp pharynx/
adenoids/
exp thorax/
respiratory center/
pulmonary circulation/
pulmonary artery/
(respiratory adj system).mp.
(respiratory adj epithelium).mp.
(ventilatory adj muscle$).mp.
((respiratory or pulmonary) adj circulation).mp.
or/1-13
exp respiratory tract diseases/
exp pharyngeal diseases/
exp paranasal sinus diseases/
exp hypertension, pulmonary/
asphyxia neonatorum/
fetal anoxia/
or/15-20
exp "signs and symptoms, respiratory"/
exp diagnostic techniques, respiratory system/
exp breath tests/
exp pulmonary surgical procedures/
exp respiratory therapy/
exp respiratory system agents/
or/22-27
14 or 21 or 28

Submitted by Rosalind Dudden, duddenr@njc.org, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO

Fluoride & Caries

perplexity — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:27:42 CDT

There is no abstract available for this page revision.

EBHC Search Strategies Home

perplexity — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:20:49 CDT

Evidence-based health care is fundamental to current high-quality medical research and clinical practice. Fundamental to evidence-based health care research and practice is both high quality literature searching (information gathering) and evaluation/assessment/synthesis of the information found.

This wiki will focus on the process, techniques and tools of high quality searching in the context of evidence-based health care. Information collected in the wiki is primarily intended for medical librarians, but may be of interest to others. Please keep in mind that search strategies and tools here are intended for use by trained professionals in the course of their professional duties, and are not intended for use by the general public. If they are helpful or useful to others that is a plus, but not the primary purpose of the site.

For more enriched training information, please also see the EBM Librarian:http://ebmlibrarian.wetpaint.com/

Saving Search in PubMed as a Link

perplexity — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:00:41 CDT

This is helpful when you want to share a search strategy with others, either by email, Twitter, in a blog, or other places.

Do a search.
Click on the HISTORY tab.
Select the search set number that you wish to save; click on the number itself (on the far left of the window). Do not click on the number for the results for that set (on the far right).
From the pop-up menu, select the option, "Save in MyNCBI". Follow instructions. (NOTE: You may need to create an account to do this).
In the upper righthand corner of the window, click on MyNCBI.
Click on the search strategy you wish to save as a link.
Click on the DETAILS tab.
Click on the URL button. NOTE: Sometimes at this point, PubMed breaks the search and the resulting page does not have the desired search. If this happens, you either may not share the search strategy or will have to simplify the search. This is very common with searches created with the Clinical Queries tools.
In the browser location bar, highlight / select the URL.
Copy the URL. (PC: Ctrl+C; Mac: Apple/Cmd+C)
Go to TinyURL.com - http://tinyurl.com
Paste long URL from PubMed. TinyURL will convert to a short URL.
Highlight/select resulting TinyURL, then copy.

You may now paste the TinyURL for the search into the email or Twitter post, or wherever you wish to use it.

Tips

perplexity — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:46:00 CDT

This section may include a variety of searching tips, including those that are not necessarily related to strategies or evidence-based health care, but also simply how-to's for any of the major search platforms such as PubMed or OVID.

To navigate, use the left sidebar.

Bibliography & Recommended Readings

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:02:45 CDT

Please include link if item is available online. Navigate this section from the left sidebar.

CITATIONS

Sackett DL, Rosenberg WMC, Gray JAM, Haynes RB, Richardson WS.
Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't.
British Medical Journal 1996 312(7023):71-72.
[Pubmed] [PDF]

Search Strategies

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:16:14 CDT

In this section, please place examples of search strategies or search filters. Please organize them within broad topic domains. Please note the sections for:

General
Cross-disciplinary.

"General" refers to search strategies that are independent of any specific topic or domain, but which may be useful in many different searches or questions. An example might be "limiting to original research". "Cross-disciplinary" refers to topical searches that may properly belong in more than one domain. An example might be "inflammation", which could be of interest in research in dentistry, oncology, diabetes, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and many other areas.

Navigate from the left sidebar.

Searching Strategies

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:10:08 CDT

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Portals & Resource Collections

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:09:45 CDT

EBM NY: http://www.ebmny.org/

Tools

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:08:37 CDT

Question Development Tools

Search Strategy Development Tools

Navigate from left sidebar.

Question Development Tools

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:08:17 CDT

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Search Strategy Development Tools

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:07:58 CDT

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Levels of Evidence & Other Assessment Resources

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:07:43 CDT

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ECLIPS Worksheet

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:22:51 CDT

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PICO Worksheet

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:19:14 CDT

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Glossaries & Terms

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:12:53 CDT

Bandolier: EBM Glossary

Limit to original research

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:43:51 CDT

Searching for Original Research in OVID Medline Search Strings or Filters

Option 1:

Search:
- exp Epidemiologic Methods/
- OR
- exp Epidemiologic Methods/
  exp Statistics/
Use when original topic returns a small number of results.

Option 2:

Search:
- exp Epidemiologic Study Characteristics/
- OR
- exp Epidemiologic Study Characteristics/
  exp Statistics/
Use when original topic returns a moderate number of results.

Option 3:

Search:
- exp Epidemiologic Research Design/
- OR
- exp Epidemiologic Research Design/
  exp Statistics/
Use when original topic returns a large number of results.

General (not domain specific)

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:43:15 CDT

There is no abstract available for this page revision.

Toothpaste / Dentifrice

perplexity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:41:55 CDT

Simple search - OVID version 1 Toothpaste/
2 ((tooth or teeth) adj3 (paste: or powder:)).mp.
3 toothpaste:.mp.
4 or/1-3
NOTE: Depending on the scope of the intended search, seriously consider replacing search set #1 with the more comprehensive term: 1 exp Dentifrices/

NOTE: Using "Dentifrice" in place of "Toothpaste" will include earlier and historical literature, as well as dentifrices for dentures and other varieties of dentifrices beyon toothpaste.
Simple search - PUBMED version
((paste OR pastes OR powder OR powders) AND (teeth OR tooth)) OR (toothpaste OR toothpastes)

NOTE: PUBMED version of search is less precise than OVID version.

TOOTHPASTE, PARTITIONED 1 exp Dentifrices/
2 dentifrice:.mp.
3 toothpaste$1.mp.
4 or/1-3
5 exp Calcium phosphates/tu
6 exp Fluorides/tu
7 5 and 6
8 enamelon.mp.
9 Triclosan/
10 triclosan.mp.
11 ((remineraliz: or demineraliz:) adj3 (dentifrice or toothpaste$1)).mp.
12 ((fluoride$1 or fluoro:) adj (enhanc: or uptake or solubility or soluble)).mp.
13 or/7-12