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Literature Searches for Case Reports

Literature Searches for Case Reports. Chad Asplund, MD Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH Eisenhower Army Medical Center Augusta, GA. Agenda. Needs assessment The purpose Databases Additional places to look The search Search results Pitfalls to avoid. Needs Assessment. Case report experience

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Literature Searches for Case Reports

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  1. Literature Searches for Case Reports Chad Asplund, MD Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH Eisenhower Army Medical Center Augusta, GA

  2. Agenda • Needs assessment • The purpose • Databases • Additional places to look • The search • Search results • Pitfalls to avoid

  3. Needs Assessment • Case report experience • Search engines • Boolean terms • MeSH • Limits

  4. The Purpose • Why do we do a literature search for a case report?

  5. The Purpose • Has it been reported? • How often? • How is this case similar? • How is this case unique? • How does this case add to the medical literature? Not a review article

  6. Databases • Internet search engines • PubMed • Subscription search engines • Ovid, EMBASE • Secondary literature not helpful • MD Consult • StatRef • UTD

  7. Additional Places to Look • Google Scholar • References of retrieved articles • Medical Librarian

  8. The Search • MeSH • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/ • Limits • “Related Articles” • Boolean Terms

  9. Postpartum AND Labial Adhesions Labial Adhesions Postpartum

  10. Postpartum OR Postnatal Postpartum Postnatal

  11. (Postpartum OR Postnatal) AND Labial Adhesions Labial Adhesions Postpartum Postnatal

  12. Labial Adhesions NOT Herpes Labial Adhesions Herpes

  13. (Postpartum OR Postnatal) AND (Labial Adhesions NOT Herpes) Labial Adhesions Postpartum Herpes Postnatal

  14. Search Results • Record search strategy • Actually get the articles • Actually read the articles • Search references for other key articles

  15. Pitfalls to Avoid • Using the wrong term • MeSH terms • Synonyms • Outdated terminology • Looking only for other case reports (being too narrow) • Doing a comprehensive lit review (being too broad)

  16. Questions?

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