Search challenge 5
I'm still working up the post on the strategies for search challenge 4 (and may have to surrender my secret librarian decoder ring if I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with my IndexCat search for fainting after blood donation...if you have tips, please contact me!), but in the meantime, a search for this week -- we had a request from a reader for comparison-focused searches - comparing different treatments, diagnostic tests, etc.
So a comparative search for this week: How do the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) diagnostic tests compare and is it necessary to do both tests in pediatric patients with suspected osteomyelitis and/or septic arthritis?
So a comparative search for this week: How do the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) diagnostic tests compare and is it necessary to do both tests in pediatric patients with suspected osteomyelitis and/or septic arthritis?
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posted by Becky at 12:58 PM
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In Ovid Medline:
1 exp Osteomyelitis/di [Diagnosis] 1213
2 exp Arthritis, Infectious/di [Diagnosis] 1023
3 1 or 2 2141
4 exp C-Reactive Protein/ 11352
5 erythrocyte sedimentation rate.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] 3207
6 4 and 5 534
7 3 and 6 9
8 limit 7 to english language 7
I didn't bother limiting to pediatric populations, as the result set was so small.
There's no MeSH heading for erythrocyte sedimentation rate (it maps to "Blood Sedimentation").
Interestingly, when I used the subheading "Diagnostic Use" with the MeSH heading "C-Reactive Protein," I got nothing after combining sets.
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