BMJ 2004;328 (1 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7447.0-a
New search strategies retrieve morefrom Medline
New search strategies in Medline can optimise retrieval of high quality clinical studies on diagnostic tests. Haynes and colleagues (p 1040) analysed the sensitivity, specificity, precision, and accuracy of 17 287 multiple term search strategies and compared them against manual searching of journals published in 2000. The newly developed strategies retrieved up to 99% of scientifically strong studies on diagnostic tests and performed consistently better than strategies developed in 1991. The new strategies are now integrated into various databases, and can be freely accessed at http://web.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.shtml or through other Medline suppliers.
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- Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of diagnosis from Medline: analytical survey
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