Has Embase replaced MEDLINE since coverage expansion?

Identifying observational studies of surgical interventions in MEDLINE and EMBASE

BACKGROUND Health technology assessments of surgical interventions frequently require the inclusion of non-randomised evidence. Literature search strategies employed to identify this evidence often exclude a methodological component because of uncertainty surrounding the use of appropriate search terms. This can result in the retrieval of a large number of irrelevant records. Methodological fil...

Dialysis search filters for PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and Embase databases.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Physicians frequently search bibliographic databases, such as MEDLINE via PubMed, for best evidence for patient care. The objective of this study was to develop and test search filters to help physicians efficiently retrieve literature related to dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) from all other articles indexed in PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and Embase. DESIGN...

Ergebnisse der Datenbankrecherche in Medline, Embase & PsycInfo zum Schlagwort BEWEGUNG

Are men difficult to find? Identifying male-specific studies in MEDLINE and Embase

BACKGROUND Systematic reviews often investigate the effectiveness of interventions for one sex. However, identifying interventions with data presented according to the sex of study participants can be challenging due to suboptimal indexing in bibliographic databases and poor reporting in titles and abstracts. The purposes of this study were to develop a highly sensitive search filter to identif...

Date of Search: 23/06/2016 Sources Searched: Medline, Embase, DynaMed Pharmacokinetics of Methyldopa

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are increasingly important complications of which clinicians should have an up-to-date knowledge to facilitate prompt recognition, diagnosis and management. These disorders affect a growing number of pregnancies worldwide, with incidence rates likely to increase in the future commensurate with increasing maternal age and maternal comorbidities independent of ...