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.
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Category Critical appraisal
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.
Fine-tuning
The methodology of the advanced search in Pubmed is established, much more specific than the simple search from the simple text box.
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.
The oyster with a thousand pearls
We describe simple search using Pubmed to find the information we need with this search engine.