1 / 49

Basics in Medical Literature Searching

Basics in Medical Literature Searching. By: MJ Zare. List of databases. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines. Medical litretures. Search formulation.

arlenewashington
Download Presentation

Basics in Medical Literature Searching

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Basics in Medical Literature Searching By: MJ Zare

  2. List of databases • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  3. Medical litretures Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  4. Search formulation • Dissecting the question into its component parts and restructuring it so that it is easy to find the answers is an essential first step in Evidence Based Medicine. • Many questions can be divided into 4 parts: • P • I • C • O • T • Example Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  5. Search formulation • Not all research questions are about interventions. Other types of questions may arise: • What causes the problem? AETIOLOGY, RISK FACTORS • What is the frequency of the problem? FREQUENCY • Does this person have the problem? DIAGNOSIS • Who will get the problem? PROGNOSIS, PREDICTION Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  6. Example: • A 28-year-old male presents with recurrent furunculosis (skin boils) for past 8 months; these episodes have been treated with drainage and several courses of antibiotics but keep recurring. He asks if recurrences can be prevented. To convert this to an answerable question, use the P I C O method as follows : Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  7. Example: • Question:‘In patients with recurrent furunculosis, do prophylactic antibiotics, compared to no treatment, reduce the recurrence rate?’ Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  8. Example: • George wants to discuss the possibility of a vasectomy. He says he has heard something about vasectomy causing an increase in testicular cancer later in life. You know that the risk of this is low but want to give him a more precise answer. Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  9. Example: • Question:‘In men, does having a vasectomy (compared to not having one) increase the risk of getting testicular cancer in the future?’ Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  10. Example: • Mabel is a 6-week-old baby at her routine follow-up. She was born prematurely at 35 weeks. You want to tell the parents about her chances of developing hearing problems. Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  11. Example: • Question:‘In infants born prematurely, compared to those born at full term, what is the subsequent lifetime prevalence of sensory deafness?' Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  12. Example: • Julie is pregnant for the second time. She had her first baby when she was 33 and had amniocentesis to find out if the baby had Down's Syndrome. The test was negative but it was not a good experience as she did not get the result until she was 18 weeks pregnant. She is now 35, one month pregnant and asks if she can have a test that would give her an earlier result. The local hospital offers serum biochemistry plus nuchal translucency ultrasound as a first trimester test for Down's Syndrome. You wonder if this is as reliable as conventional amniocentesis. Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  13. Example: • Question:‘For pregnant women, is nuchal translucency ultrasound plus serum biochemistry testing in the first trimester as accurate (ie with equal or better sensitivity and specificity) as conventional amniocentesis for diagnosing Down's Syndrome?’ Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  14. Example: Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  15. Example: • Mary is a mother who is concerned about her 3-year-old. He has a fever. After you have examined him you conclude that he has a viral infection. Mary asks ‘But what if he has a fever again during the night?’ You want to understand her concerns so that you can reassure her. Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  16. Example: • Question:For mothers of children with a fever, what are the principal concerns? Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  17. Example: Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  18. Example: Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  19. Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/ Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  20. Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/ Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  21. PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  22. Scopus Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  23. Web of Science Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  24. یافتن ژورنال های ISI Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  25. Cochrane Library Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  26. Cochrane Library • The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) • The Database of Abstracts and Reviews of Effectiveness [DARE] • The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials [CENTRAL] • NHS Economic Evaluations Database [NHS EED] • Health Technology Assessment Database [HTA] • The Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (CDMR) • The Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR) Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  27. Directory of Open Access Journals Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  28. OpenSIGLE http://www.opengrey.eu/search/ Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  29. arXiv Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  30. Biological Abstracts Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  31. CAB Abstracts Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  32. CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  33. CHBD: Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  34. EMBASE Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  35. Global Health Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  36. GoPubMed Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  37. HubMed Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  38. IEEE Xplore Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  39. Index Copernicus Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com

  40. IngentaConnect Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com Dr. M.J. Zare Department of Occupational Health mjzs63@gmail.com 40

  41. JournalSeek

  42. JSTOR: Journal Storage

  43. MedlinePlus

  44. POPLINE

  45. PsycINFO

  46. ScienceDirect

  47. Scirus

  48. SpringerLink

  49. Web of Knowledge

More Related