This document provides guidance on evidence-based medicine (EBM) literature searching. It discusses the hierarchy of levels of evidence and acquiring the best evidence through systematic reviews, individual studies, and databases. It outlines six prerequisites for successful literature searching and strategies such as using textbooks, primary literature databases like PubMed, and secondary sources. The document also discusses resources for EBM knowledge translation including clinical decision support systems, guidelines, and quality improvement tools.
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Evidence-based Medicine Literature Searching SC
1. EBM Literature
Searching
Dr. Imad Salah Ahmed Hassan MD FACP FRCPI MSc MBBS
Chairman, Knowledge Translation Committee
Department of Medicine, KAMC,KSA
2. What is Best Evidence? Hierarchy of Levels
of Evidence
3. Acquire the Best Evidence:
Finding the Best Evidence First
Hierarchy of Sources of Evidence Pyramid
Pre-appraised, systematic reviews: Cochrane
Pre-appraised, individual studies:
ACP Journal Club, BestBets
Databases with EBM background: CKS, Essential
Evidence Plus ®, DynaMed®, ACP’s PIER, BMJ Best
Treatment, Guidelines Clearinghouse, Guidelines Finder
Highly referenced, current e-textbook:
Up-to-Date
Standard e-textbooks
(emedicine)
Primary Resources: PubMed
(Clinical Queries), Medline
*Adapted from Shaughnessy and Slawson
6. The 6 Prerequisites for successful Literature Searching
1
2
3
4
5
6
• Know how to use a computer/electronic device.
• Know the Internet Jargon of Terms.
• Know the EBM Jargon of Terms.
• Know how to formulate your question.
• Know where to go.
• Know what to do when you get there: the site’s technical
language/know-how.
7. Learn how to navigate your resource: Website Tutorial
8.
9. Resources For EBM Knowledge Translation
EBM Hunting Tools
EBM Resources
Advanced EBM Skills
Point of Care
Clinical
Resources
Updates
New Evidence
Decision
Support
Systems
Critical
Appraisal
Tools
EvidenceBased
Guidelines &
Policies
EvidenceBased Quality
Improvement
•DynaMed
•Essential
Evidence Plus
•First Consult
•UpToDate
•Clinical
Evidence
•ACP PIERS
•Mc Master
Plus: STAT
REF
•BMJ
Evidence
Updates/Alerts
•ACP Journal
Club
•Open Clinical
•Dxplain
•Emergency
Medicine on
the Web
•Clinical
Decision
Making
Calculators
•EBM toolbox
•CATmaker
•Evidence
based
medicine
toolkit
•EBM
Calculator
•National
Guideline
Clearinghouse
• NHS
Evidence
• ICSI Institute
for Clinical
Systems
Improvements
•AHRQ
•Institute for
Healthcare
Improvement
•Knowledge
Translation
Clearinghouse
•NICE
11. “Finding Evidence”: Searching
Strategy
1
2
3
4
• Decide if the question is a Foreground or Background Question
• Convert clinical Foreground question to searchable question
(e.g. PICO)
• Choose the database you want to search: Primary (e.g.
Pubmed), Secondary (e.g. Cochrane)or Tertiary (e.g. Trip
Database)
• Apply filters to restrict your search (e.g. PubMed limits linked to
PICO such as gender, age, study type limits)
12. “Finding Evidence”: Searching
Strategy
5
6
7
8
• Appraise your Primary studies: Critical Appraisal Tools
• Assess result (e.g. using systematic review worksheet)
• Decide if you have enough information to make a decision
• If not then refine steps 2-4 until you either have an answer or
decide there isn’t enough evidence to make an evidence based
decision
13. Secrets of Literature Searching
Strategies for Literature Searching:
Strategy 1:
Background Knowledge: Textbooks/eTextbooks e.g.
emedicine
14. Secrets of Literature Searching
Strategies for Literature Searching:
Strategy 2:
Foreground Knowledge: Primary Literature/Original
Studies= Pubmed, Embase, Cinahl etc
15. Secrets of Literature Searching
Strategies for Literature Searching:
Strategy 3:
Foreground Knowledge: Secondary Literature/Preappraised Literature
Focused/Specific
Broad/General Topic
16. Diagnosis
e.g.
Troponin in ACS
Uric acid in Pre-eclampsia
Therapy
e.g.
– Misoprostol for PPH
– Statins for
hypercholesterolemia
– Specific procedure
Systematic
Review
Sites e.g.
Cochrane
Technology
Assessment
Sites e.g.
Cochrane
Guidelines e.g.
Guideline
Clearinghouse
Evidence Based
eTextbooks e.g. Dynamed
17. Broad/General Topic
Management of Postpartum Guidelines
e.g.
Hemorrhage
Management of hypertension
Management of Fetal Respiratory
Evidence Based
eTextbooks e.g.
Distress Syndrome
UpToDate
Management of cancer pain
Guideline
Clearinghouse
On-line
eTextbooks
18. Secrets of Literature Searching
Strategies for Literature Searching:
Strategy 4:
Foreground Knowledge: Evidence-based Quality
Improvement: Policies, Pathways, Order Sets etc
NICE Pathways: guidance at your fingertips- www.nice.org.uk
Society of Hospital Medicine: http://www.hospitalmedicine.org/
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/LeadingSystemImprovement/
ICSI Institute for Clinical Systems Improvements http://www.icsi.org/index.aspx
19. Secrets of Literature Searching
Strategies for Literature Searching:
Strategy 1:
Background Knowledge: Textbooks/eTextbooks e.g.
emedicine
e.g. Pancreatitis, Appendicitis
How to access emedicine: Three ways! (applies to all EBM
Websites)
1: Google it: pancreatitis emedicine
2. Click on the www address from the hyperlinked page
3: Saved address from your favorites links menu.
30. TBL The Bottom Line
Increase your hits by using the Related option if this
hit is the closest to your PICO
31. http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/
PubMed for Handhelds (PubMed4Hh):
Download to your device from Play Store
MEDLINE/PubMed
Search MEDLINE/PubMed
Read Journal Abstracts
PICO search
Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome
askMEDLINE
free-text, natural language search
32. Option 2: Use Pubmed
search box
(for both Primary and
Secondary Literature)
39. Secrets of Literature Searching
Strategies for Literature Searching:
Strategy 3:
Foreground Knowledge: Secondary Literature/Preappraised Literature
Focused/Specific
Broad/General Topic
40. Looking for EBM information in Guideline Clearinghouse directly from Google
41.
42.
43.
44. Looking for EBM information in UpToDate directly
from Google
53. Critical Appraisal Checklists
http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/generalpracticeprimarycare/ebp/
checklists/#d.en.19536
Checklist for an article on treatment or prevention
Checklist for an article on qualitative research
Checklist for an article on decision analysis
Checklist for an article on an educational intervention
Checklist for an article on prognosis
Checklist for an article on harm or causation
Checklist for an article on guidelines
Checklist for an article on diagnosis or screening
Checklist for a systematic review
Checklist for economic evaluations
Looking for EBM Critical Appraisal Tools
55. Secrets of Literature Searching
Strategies for Literature Searching:
Strategy 4:
Foreground Knowledge: Evidence-based Quality
Improvement: Policies, Pathways etc
NICE Pathways: guidance at your fingertips- www.nice.org.uk
Society of Hospital Medicine: http://www.hospitalmedicine.org/
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/LeadingSystemImprovement/
ICSI Institute for Clinical Systems Improvements http://www.icsi.org/index.aspx
71. Boolean search
After its creator George Boole
Boolean operators
Peptic ulcer
OR
Hemorrhage
Peptic ulcer
AND
Hemorrhage
Peptic ulcer
NOT
Hemorrhage
Meaning
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