Search Techniques for Therapy, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Etiology Questions: Sophisticated Search Options for Retrieving Evidence

USING ADVANCED SEARCH TECHNIQUES TO FIND EVIDENCE IN MEDLINE

As you remember from the EBM tutorial, there are two easy ways to identify evidence-based journal articles in MEDLINE:

Select Randomized Controlled Trials using the LIMIT option.
Select Evidence Based Medicine Reviews using the LIMIT option.

The third tier or third choice for finding evidence in MEDLINE is to use a combination of subject headings, subheadings, and keywords in your search strategy.

The following screens will show you how to apply these elements to your search...