Pancreas Surgery -- Keywords and MeSH

This search was composed by myself and my colleagues as a strategy that could be used for relatively focused, non-exhaustive searches.   

( "Pancreas Transplantation"[Mesh] OR "Pancreatectomy"[Mesh] OR "Pancreaticoduodenectomy"[Mesh] OR "Pancreaticojejunostomy"[Mesh] OR "Biliopancreatic Diversion"[Mesh] OR "Pancreas/surgery"[Mesh] OR ("Pancreatic Diseases/surgery"[Mesh] NOT "cystic fibrosis") OR ((pancrea*[ti] OR bilio-pancreatic[ti] OR biliopancreatic[ti] OR "islet cell"[ti] OR Nesidioblast* OR "Pancreas"[Majr] OR "Pancreatic Diseases"[Majr] ) AND (diversion*[ti] OR bypass*[ti] OR surg*[ti] OR resect*[ti] OR operat*[ti] OR remov*[ti] OR excis*[ti] OR transplant*[ti] OR graft*[ti] OR allograft*[ti] OR "Surgical Procedures, Operative"[Majr] OR "surgery"[sh]) ) OR Pancreaticoduodenectom* OR Duodenopancreatectom* OR whipple[tiab] OR "Kausch-Whipple"[tiab] OR pancreatect* OR Pancreaticojejunostom* OR "pancreatic surgery" OR "pancreatic surgeries" OR “biliopancreatic surgery” OR "pancreatitis surgery" OR "pancreas transplantation" OR "pancreas transplantations" OR "pancreas surgery"[tiab] OR "pancreas resection" OR "pancreatic resection" OR "pancreatic resections" OR hemipancreatectom* OR pancreaticogastrostom* OR “endoscopic papillotomy” OR “endoscopic papillotomies” )

The following phrases were removed because they are not, at present, recognized by PubMed and caused retrieval of irrelevant results:
"pancreas surgeries" OR "biliopancreatic surgeries" OR   "pancreatitis surgeries"  OR "pancreatitis surgeries" 

United States -- new version!

I had posted a "United States" filter earlier this week.  Carolyn Holmes from Lister Hill Library sent me a much more complete filter and has given me permission to post it here.  Thanks, Carolyn!



United States [mh] OR “united states” OR usa OR u.s.a. OR Appalachia* OR “great lakes” OR mid-atlantic-state* OR mid-atlantic-region* OR middle-atlantic-state* OR middle-atlantic-region* OR midwestern-us* OR midwestern-u.s* OR Midwestern-state* OR Midwest-state* OR Midwest-us* OR Midwest-u.s* OR “great plains” OR heartland OR “new england” OR northeastern-us* OR northeastern-u.s* OR northeastern-state* OR northeast-state* OR northeast-us* OR northeast-u.s* OR “pacific northwest” OR northwestern-us* OR northwestern-u.s* OR northwest-u.s* OR northwest-us* OR northwestern-state* OR northwest-state* OR pacific-state* OR southeast-state* OR southeastern-state* OR southeast-region OR southeastern-region OR southeast-us* OR southeastern-us* OR southeast-u.s* OR southeastern-u.s* OR southern-state* OR southern-us* OR southern-u.s* OR southwest-state* OR southwestern-state* OR southwest-us* OR southwestern-us* OR southwest-u.s* OR southwestern-u.s* OR “deep south” OR “black belt” OR “rust belt” OR “district of Columbia” OR “Washington dc” OR Washington-d.c. OR Alabama OR (Birmingham [ad] AND al [ad]) OR Huntsville [ad] OR (Montgomery [ad] AND al [ad])OR Alaska OR anchorage [ad] OR fairbanks [ad] OR Arizona OR Phoenix [ad] OR Tuscon [ad] OR Flagstaff [ad] OR Arkansas OR “little rock” OR California OR “los angeles” OR “san diego” OR “san Francisco” OR Berkeley [ad] OR Stanford [ad] OR Colorado OR Vail [ad] OR Denver [ad] OR Connecticut OR Farmington [ad] OR “new haven” [ad] OR Hartford [ad] OR Delaware OR Wilmington [ad] OR Newark [ad] OR Florida OR Miami [ad] OR Gainesville OR Jacksonville OR Tampa OR Tallahassee OR Georgia OR Atlanta OR (Athens [ad] AND ga [ad]) OR (Augusta [ad] AND ga [ad]) OR Hawaii OR Hawai'i OR Honolulu OR Idaho OR Boise [ad] OR Illinois OR Chicago OR Urbana [ad] OR Evanston [ad] OR Indiana OR Indianapolis OR "West Lafayette" OR Iowa OR Kansas OR Wichita OR Kentucky OR Lexington [ad] OR Louisville [ad] OR Bardstown [ad] OR Louisiana OR “new Orleans” OR “baton rouge” OR Shreveport OR Maine OR Orono OR (Scarborough [ad] AND me [ad]) OR Maryland OR Bethesda [ad] OR Baltimore [ad] OR Rockville [ad] OR “johns Hopkins” OR Massachusetts OR Boston OR Harvard OR (worcester [ad] AND ma [ad]) OR Burlington [ad] OR Michigan OR Detroit OR “ann arbor” OR “east lansing” OR Minnesota OR Minneapolis OR Rochester OR “st paul” [ad] OR “saint paul” [ad] OR Mississippi OR (Jackson [ad] AND ms [ad]) OR Missouri OR (Columbia [ad] AND mo [ad]) OR Montana OR Bozeman [ad] OR Missoula OR Nebraska OR Omaha [ad] OR Lincoln [ad] OR Nevada OR “Las Vegas” OR “New Hampshire” OR “New Jersey” OR “New Mexico” OR “New York” OR “North Carolina” OR “North Dakota” OR Ohio OR Columbus [ad] OR Cleveland [ad] OR Cincinnati OR Oklahoma OR Oregon OR Portland [ad] OR Pennsylvania OR Philadelphia OR Hershey [ad] OR “Rhode Island” OR providence [ad] OR “South Carolina” OR “South Dakota” OR Tennessee OR Nashville OR Memphis OR Texas OR Houston OR Utah OR Vermont OR Virginia OR Richmond [ad] OR Washington [tiab] OR Washington [ad] OR Seattle OR “West Virginia” OR Wisconsin OR Wyoming

Update 3/20/17:
Carolyn just sent me an EMBASE version of the "United States" filter, see below:

'United States'/exp OR “united states” OR usa OR u.s.a. OR Appalachia* OR “great lakes” OR mid-atlantic-state* OR mid-atlantic-region* OR middle-atlantic-state* OR middle-atlantic-region* OR midwestern-us* OR ‘Midwestern u.s.’ OR Midwestern-state* OR Midwest-state* OR Midwest-us* OR ‘Midwest u.s.’ OR 'midwest u.s.a.' OR “great plains” OR heartland OR “new england” OR northeastern-us* OR ‘northeastern u.s.’ OR 'northeastern u.s.a.' OR northeastern-state* OR northeast-state* OR northeast-us* OR ‘northeast u.s.’ OR 'northeast u.s.a.' OR “pacific northwest” OR northwestern-us* OR ‘northwestern u.s.’ OR ‘northwestern u.s.a.’ OR ‘northwest u.s.’ OR ‘northwest u.s.a.’ OR northwest-us* OR northwestern-state* OR northwest-state* OR pacific-state* OR southeast-state* OR southeastern-state* OR southeast-region OR southeastern-region OR southeast-us* OR southeastern-us* OR ‘southeast u.s.’ OR ‘southeast u.s.a.’ OR ‘southeastern u.s.’ OR ‘southeastern u.s.a.’ OR southern-state* OR southern-us* OR ‘southern u.s.’ OR ‘southern u.s.a.’ OR southwest-state* OR southwestern-state* OR southwest-us* OR southwestern-us* OR ‘southwest u.s.’ OR ‘southwest u.s.a.’ OR ‘southwestern u.s.’ OR ‘southwestern u.s.a.’ OR “deep south” OR “black belt” OR “rust belt” OR “district of Columbia” OR “Washington dc” OR Washington-d.c. OR Alabama OR (Birmingham:ad AND al:ad) OR Huntsville:ad OR (Montgomery:ad AND al:ad) OR Alaska OR anchorage:ad OR fairbanks:ad OR Arizona OR Phoenix:ad OR Tuscon:ad OR Flagstaff:ad OR Arkansas OR “little rock” OR California OR “los angeles” OR “san diego” OR “san Francisco” OR Berkeley:ad OR Stanford:ad OR Colorado OR Vail:ad OR Denver:ad OR Connecticut OR Farmington:ad OR “new haven”:ad OR Hartford:ad OR Delaware OR Wilmington:ad OR Newark:ad OR Florida OR Miami:ad OR Gainesville OR Jacksonville OR Tampa OR Tallahassee OR Georgia OR Atlanta OR (Athens:ad AND ga:ad) OR (Augusta:ad AND ga:ad) OR Hawaii OR 'hawai i' OR Honolulu OR Idaho OR Boise:ad OR Illinois OR Chicago OR Urbana:ad OR Evanston:ad OR Indiana:ad,ti,ab OR Indianapolis OR "West Lafayette" OR Iowa OR Kansas OR Wichita OR Kentucky OR Lexington:ad OR Louisville:ad OR Bardstown:ad OR Louisiana OR “new Orleans” OR “baton rouge” OR Shreveport OR Maine OR Orono OR (Scarborough:ad AND me:ad) OR Maryland OR Bethesda:ad OR Baltimore:ad OR Rockville:ad OR “johns Hopkins” OR Massachusetts OR Boston OR Harvard OR (worcester:ad AND ma:ad) OR Burlington:ad OR Michigan OR Detroit OR “ann arbor” OR “east lansing” OR Minnesota OR Minneapolis OR Rochester OR “st paul”:ad OR “saint paul”:ad OR Mississippi OR (Jackson:ad AND ms:ad) OR Missouri OR (Columbia:ad AND mo:ad) OR Montana OR Bozeman:ad OR Missoula OR Nebraska OR Omaha:ad OR Lincoln:ad OR Nevada OR “Las Vegas” OR “New Hampshire” OR “New Jersey” OR “New Mexico” OR “New York” OR “North Carolina” OR “North Dakota” OR Ohio OR Columbus:ad OR Cleveland:ad OR Cincinnati OR Oklahoma OR Oregon OR Portland:ad OR Pennsylvania OR Philadelphia OR Hershey:ad OR “Rhode Island” OR providence:ad OR “South Carolina” OR “South Dakota” OR Tennessee OR Nashville OR Memphis OR Texas OR Houston:ad,ab,ti OR Utah OR Vermont OR Virginia:ad,ab,ti OR Richmond:ad OR Washington:ad,ab,ti OR Seattle OR “West Virginia” OR Wisconsin OR Wyoming

United States

I'm often asked to find studies concerning U.S-based populations.  I was asked for such research again this week.  This time, the results did not need to concern nation-level statistics/estimates or nation-wide populations.  Since it is unusual for non-U.S.-based authors to focus on the U.S., a lot of irrelevant results were removed by restricting to a US subject heading and/or a US author address.  It's obviously not a  perfect approach ( U.S.-based authors do research conditions in other nations and non-U.S. authors compare the U.S. to other nations).

Pubmed:
"united states"[mesh] OR USA[ad] OR usa[ad] OR al[ad] OR ak[ad] OR as[ad] OR az[ad] OR ar[ad] OR ca[ad] OR co[ad] OR ct[ad] OR de[ad] OR dc[ad] OR fl[ad] OR ga[ad] OR gu[ad] OR hi[ad] OR id[ad] OR il[ad] OR in[ad] OR ia[ad] OR ks[ad] OR ky[ad] OR la[ad] OR me[ad] OR md[ad] OR mh[ad] OR ma[ad] OR mi[ad] OR fm[ad] OR mn[ad] OR ms[ad] OR mo[ad] OR mt[ad] OR ne[ad] OR nv[ad] OR nh[ad] OR nj[ad] OR nm[ad] OR ny[ad] OR nc[ad] OR nd[ad] OR mp[ad] OR oh[ad] OR ok[ad] OR pw[ad] OR pa[ad] OR pr[ad] OR ri[ad] OR sc[ad] OR sd[ad] OR tn[ad] OR tx[ad] OR ut[ad] OR vt[ad] OR va[ad] OR vi[ad] OR wa[ad] OR wv[ad] OR wi[ad] OR wy[ad] OR portland[ad] OR eugene[ad] OR corvallis[ad] OR salem[ad] OR Alabama[ad] OR Alaska[ad] OR Arizona[ad] OR Arkansas[ad] OR California[ad] OR Colorado[ad] OR Connecticut[ad] OR Delaware[ad] OR Florida[ad] OR Georgia[ad] OR Hawaii[ad] OR Idaho[ad] OR Illinois[ad] OR Indiana[ad] OR Iowa[ad] OR Kansas[ad] OR Kentucky[ad] OR Louisiana[ad] OR Maine[ad] OR Maryland[ad] OR Massachusetts[ad] OR Michigan[ad] OR Minnesota[ad] OR Mississippi[ad] OR Missouri[ad] OR Montana[ad] OR Nebraska[ad] OR Nevada[ad] OR New Hampshire[ad] OR New Jersey[ad] OR New Mexico[ad] OR New York[ad] OR North Carolina[ad] OR North Dakota[ad] OR Ohio[ad] OR Oklahoma[ad] OR Oregon[ad] OR Pennsylvania[ad] OR Rhode Island[ad] OR South Carolina[ad] OR South Dakota[ad] OR Tennessee[ad] OR Texas[ad] OR Utah[ad] OR Vermont[ad] OR Virginia[ad] OR Washington[ad] OR West Virginia[ad] OR Wisconsin[ad] OR Wyoming[ad] 

EMBASE:
'united states'/exp OR usa:ad OR al:ad OR ak:ad OR as:ad OR az:ad OR ar:ad OR ca:ad OR co:ad OR ct:ad OR de:ad OR dc:ad OR fl:ad OR ga:ad OR gu:ad OR hi:ad OR id:ad OR il:ad OR in:ad OR ia:ad OR ks:ad OR ky:ad OR la:ad OR me:ad OR md:ad OR mh:ad OR ma:ad OR mi:ad OR fm:ad OR mn:ad OR ms:ad OR mo:ad OR mt:ad OR ne:ad OR nv:ad OR nh:ad OR nj:ad OR nm:ad OR ny:ad OR nc:ad OR nd:ad OR mp:ad OR oh:ad OR ok:ad OR pw:ad OR pa:ad OR pr:ad OR ri:ad OR sc:ad OR sd:ad OR tn:ad OR tx:ad OR ut:ad OR vt:ad OR va:ad OR vi:ad OR wa:ad OR wv:ad OR wi:ad OR wy:ad OR portland:ad OR eugene:ad OR corvallis:ad OR salem:ad OR Alabama:ad OR Alaska:ad OR Arizona:ad OR Arkansas:ad OR California:ad OR Colorado:ad OR Connecticut:ad OR Delaware:ad OR Florida:ad OR Georgia:ad OR Hawaii:ad OR Idaho:ad OR Illinois:ad OR Indiana:ad OR Iowa:ad OR Kansas:ad OR Kentucky:ad OR Louisiana:ad OR Maine:ad OR Maryland:ad OR Massachusetts:ad OR Michigan:ad OR Minnesota:ad OR Mississippi:ad OR Missouri:ad OR Montana:ad OR Nebraska:ad OR Nevada:ad OR New Hampshire:ad OR New Jersey:ad OR New Mexico:ad OR New York:ad OR North Carolina:ad OR North Dakota:ad OR Ohio:ad OR Oklahoma:ad OR Oregon:ad OR Pennsylvania:ad OR Rhode Island:ad OR South Carolina:ad OR South Dakota:ad OR Tennessee:ad OR Texas:ad OR Utah:ad OR Vermont:ad OR Virginia:ad OR Washington:ad OR West Virginia:ad OR Wisconsin:ad OR Wyoming:ad