Where and how to search scientific medical evidence?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Where and how to search scientific medical evidence?

AU - Moraga C., Javier

AU - Manterola D., Carlos

AU - Cartes-Velásquez, Ricardo

AU - Urrutia V., Sebastián

PY - 2014/1/1

Y1 - 2014/1/1

N2 - © 2014, Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile. All rights Reserved. The practice of evidence based medicine requires strategies to efficiently search relevant medical information. This paper provides tools to optimize literature searches and access the best papers available. There are several electronic databases that can be consulted such as MEDLINE, LILACS, Web of Knowledge, The Cochrane Library, TRIP database, EMBASE and Google Scholar. Prior to the search, a research question must be formulated, structured according to the mnemonic rule PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparator and Outcome). The question must be adapted to the language of the search engine with the help of Boolean operators, MeSH terms, keywords and methodological filters such as type of study, type of population, clinical category and sensitivity. These techniques will allow the performance of an efficient literature search in a shorter lapse.

AB - © 2014, Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile. All rights Reserved. The practice of evidence based medicine requires strategies to efficiently search relevant medical information. This paper provides tools to optimize literature searches and access the best papers available. There are several electronic databases that can be consulted such as MEDLINE, LILACS, Web of Knowledge, The Cochrane Library, TRIP database, EMBASE and Google Scholar. Prior to the search, a research question must be formulated, structured according to the mnemonic rule PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparator and Outcome). The question must be adapted to the language of the search engine with the help of Boolean operators, MeSH terms, keywords and methodological filters such as type of study, type of population, clinical category and sensitivity. These techniques will allow the performance of an efficient literature search in a shorter lapse.

KW - Databases

KW - Literature

KW - Medical

KW - Search

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907800046&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4067/S0718-40262014000500018

DO - 10.4067/S0718-40262014000500018

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84907800046

VL - 66

SP - 502

EP - 507

JO - Revista Chilena de Cirugia

JF - Revista Chilena de Cirugia

SN - 0379-3893

IS - 5

ER -