Assembling the parts
To resolve a clinical scenario we need a structured clinical question, using its components to carry out a bibliographic search and a critical appraisal of the best results.
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Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Gathering the gold nuggets
Simple searches in Pubmed generate a high number of results. We describe two tools to reduce this number: filters and Clinical Queries.
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Fine-tuning
The methodology of the advanced search in Pubmed is established, much more specific than the simple search from the simple text box.
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The jargon of the search engine
Thesaurus in search engines are made up of a set of specific descriptors. In the case of Pubmed, they are called MeSH terms.
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The oyster with a thousand pearls
We describe simple search using Pubmed to find the information we need with this search engine.
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