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Efficiency of pragmatic search strategies to update clinical guidelines recommendations

Abstract

BackgroundA major challenge in updating clinical guidelines is to efficiently identify new, relevant evidence. We evaluated the efficiency and feasibility of two new approaches: the development of restrictive search strategies using PubMed Clinical Queries for MEDLINE and the use of the PLUS (McMaster Premium Literature Service) database.MethodsWe evaluated a random sample of recommendations from a national guideline development program and …

Authors

Martínez García L; Sanabria A; Araya I; Lawson J; Solà I; Vernooij R; López D; García Álvarez E; Trujillo-Martín M; Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I

Journal

BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol. 15, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

12 2015

DOI

10.1186/s12874-015-0058-2

ISSN

1471-2288