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Finding the Information Christine Kulstad, MD ACMC July, 2010

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On a 2p back shift
18 y/o patient with Bell’s palsy
Steroids?
Acyclovir?
Duration of illness?

Where are the answers?
Complete literature review
The 1991 Tintinalli propping up your keyboard
Is Elise working?

4 S’s of evidence
Systems
Synopses
Syntheses
Studies

Synopses
UpToDate
Updated at least quaterly (check date at top)
Evidence now graded
Not available through portal
$495/year

Patient #2
Hit over head with beer bottle
Clean and repair
With betadine?
Sterile saline bottle with holes in cap?
Stick head under faucet?

www.bestbets.org

Gotta give a lecture
More than brief review
Moving from synopses to syntheses
Not study level
Unless Harwood asks a question

Manuscript writing
Paper, chapter, or case report
Studies level
An expert in the field

Advanced PubMed
Can combine terms with AND, OR, exclude with NOT
Cat infection searches for “cat infection”
You will not find cat scratch disease
You will find rabies
Type cat AND infection

Advanced PubMed
Can nest terms
Antibiotics to prevent infection in dogs and cat bites
Infection AND bite AND (dog or cat)

eTBlast

Time to write
Reference as you write using EndNote
Open while using Microsoft Word

Zotero.org
If you use Firefox, it’s a free download
Can track article, books, web pages

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