Improving efficacy of PubMed Clinical Queries for retrieving scientifically strong studies on treatment.
The authors evaluated the retrieval power of PubMed "Clinical Queries," narrow search string, about therapy in comparison with a modified search string to avoid possible retrieval bias. PubMed search strategy was compared to a slightly modified string that included the Britannic English term "randomised." The authors tested the two strings joined onto each of four terms concerning topics of broad interest: hypertension, hepatitis, diabetes, and heart failure. In particular, precision [...]
Author(s): Corrao, Salvatore, Colomba, Daniela, Arnone, Sabrina, Argano, Christiano, Di Chiara, Tiziana, Scaglione, Rosario, Licata, Giuseppe
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2084