Monday, June 25, 2012

False positives

The following keyword/MeSH strategy was designed to represent the "false-positive reaction" concept in a search for a drugs causing false-positives in urine drug screening tests.   The strategy shown is not specific unless terms for a type of diagnostic test are added.  This search strategy was designed to yield focused rather than comprehensive results.

(False-positiv*[ti] OR "false positive"[ti] OR "false positives"[ti] OR "false positive reactions"[majr] OR cross-react*[ti] OR ((False-positive* OR "false positive" OR "false positives" OR "false positive reactions"[mesh] OR cross-react* ) AND (interference* OR interferance* OR interfering OR interfered OR interferes OR interfere OR interferer*)) )

Monday, May 14, 2012

Botox -- keywords and MeSH

"Botulinum Toxins"[Mesh] OR "onabotulinumtoxinA" [Supplementary Concept] OR botox OR onabotulinumtoxin OR onabotulinumtoxina OR botulinumtoxin OR vistabel OR ((Botuliinitoksiini OR Botulinum OR botulism OR botulínica OR botulinique OR botulinicum) AND ( toxinum OR toxine OR toxina OR toxin OR toxins OR toksini )) OR Antipar OR Azzalure OR Bocouture OR Botox OR BTXA OR Dyslor OR Dysport OR Lantox OR Lanzox OR Oculinum OR Prosigne OR Vistabel OR Vistabex OR Xeomeen OR Xeomin

Based on names in MICROMEDEX/Martindale's on 5/5/12.  Hyphenated and multi-word names "not found" by PubMed have been removed. 

lidocaine -- keyword

 lidocaine OR lidocain* OR lignocain* OR Lidokain* OR Lidokaiin* OR Lignoc OR Lignocaine OR Lignokain OR 73-78-9 OR 6108-05-0 OR 137-58-6 OR LMX4 OR "LMX 4" OR Akten OR Bismodyne OR Clomycin OR Dermaflex OR Dermidex OR Dilocaine OR Duocaine OR Hemocane OR Iglu OR LidaMantle OR Lidoderm OR Lidosense OR Medadyne OR Nervocaine OR Nulicaine OR Octocaine OR Pensacaine OR Perlane OR Pliaglis OR Premjact OR Rapydan OR Regenecare OR Restylane OR Rinstead OR Synera OR Ulcaid OR versatis OR Xylocaine OR Xylocard OR Xylodase OR Xylotox OR Xyralid OR Zingo

Based on names in MICROMEDEX/Martindale's on 5/5/12.  Hyphenated and multi-word names "not found" by PubMed have been removed. 

Pharmacists and pharmacies

(pharmacist OR pharmacists OR apothecar* OR dispenser* OR dispensor* OR druggist* OR chemist* OR  pharmacy OR  pharmacies OR dispensary OR dispensaries OR drugstore*)

Self-concept

 "self concept" OR "self concepts" OR self-concept* OR  "self esteem" OR "self esteems" OR self-esteem* OR  self-perception  OR  "self perception" OR  "self perceptions" OR "self cognition"  OR "self cognitions"  OR  self-cognition* OR self-image*  OR "self image" OR "self images" OR "self construal" OR "self construals" OR self-construal* OR self-schema* OR "self schema" OR "self schemas"

consider ORing in the following three term sets:
 identity OR identities OR identification
self-aware* OR "self awareness" OR "self awarenesses"
"self efficacy"  OR  "self efficacies" OR self-efficacy

Friday, March 30, 2012

beta blockers

A relatively quick keyword search for articles about members of the beta-blocker family:
(Acebutolol OR Adimolol OR Alprenolol OR Amosulalol OR Arotinolol OR Atenolol OR Befunolol OR Betaxolol OR Bevantolol OR Bisoprolol OR Bopindolol OR Bucindolol OR Bufetolol OR Bufuralol OR Bunitrolol OR Bupranolol OR Butofilolol OR Carazolol OR Cartiolol OR Carvedilol OR Celiprolol OR Cetamolol OR Coloranolol OR Cycloprolol OR Divelalol OR Draquinolol OR Espanolol OR Esmolol OR Flestolol OR Indenolol OR Labetalol OR Landiolol OR Levobetaxolol OR Levobunolol OR Levomoprolol OR Medroxalol OR Mepindolol OR Metipranolol OR Metoprolol OR Nadolol OR Nebivolol OR Nifenalol OR Nipradilol OR Oxprenolol OR Penbutolol OR Pindolol OR Practolol OR Propranolol OR Teratolol OR Tilisolol OR Timolol OR "beta blocker" OR "beta blockers" OR "beta-blocker" OR "beta-blockers" OR "beta-adrenergic blocker" OR "beta adrenergic blocker" OR "beta-adrenergic blockers" OR "beta-adrenergic blockers")

Sunday, January 29, 2012

30-day readmission

("30-day" OR "30 day" OR "thirty-day" OR "thirty day" OR "30-days" OR "30 days" OR "thirty-days" OR "thirty days" OR "1 month" OR "one month" OR "1-month" OR "one-month") AND (readmit OR readmits OR readmitting OR readmission OR readmitted OR rehospital*)