Journal article
Impact of PubMed search filters on the retrieval of evidence by physicians
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Physicians face challenges when searching PubMed for research evidence, and they may miss relevant articles while retrieving too many nonrelevant articles. We investigated whether the use of search filters in PubMed improves searching by physicians.
METHODS: We asked a random sample of Canadian nephrologists to answer unique clinical questions derived from 100 systematic reviews of renal therapy. Physicians provided the search terms …
Authors
Shariff SZ; Sontrop JM; Haynes RB; Iansavichus AV; McKibbon KA; Wilczynski NL; Weir MA; Speechley MR; Thind A; Garg AX
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 184, No. 3, pp. e184–e190
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
February 21, 2012
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.101661
ISSN
0820-3946