thalidomide, lenalidomide, pomalidomide (the -lidomides)

(thalidomide OR thalidomid* OR 2-Phthalimidoglutarimide OR 50-35-1 OR E-217 OR K-17  OR E217 OR K17 OR NSC66847 OR "E 217" OR "K 17"  OR  Inmunoprin OR Oncothal OR Thalix OR  Thaled OR  Talizer OR Talidex OR Lenalidomide OR 191732-72-6 OR IMiD-3 OR IMiD3  OR "IMiD 3"   OR CC-5013 OR CDC-501  OR CC5013 OR CDC501 OR CDC5013 OR "CC 5013" OR "CDC 501"  OR "ENMD 0997" OR  Lenalidomid* OR Ladevina OR Revlimid OR Lenangio OR Lenid OR Mydolen OR Pomalidomide OR CC-4047 OR CC4047 OR "CC 4047" OR Pomalidomid* OR Pomalyst) 

The following hyphenated and multi-word terms were "not found" by PubMed and were removed to avoid retrieval of irrelevant results.
NSC-66847
CDC-5013
"NSC 66847"

"CDC 5013"

hospital size -- keywords

Another first attempt:
("hospital volume" OR "hospital volumes" OR "Hospital size" OR "hospital sizes" OR "center size" OR "center sizes" OR "centre size" OR "centre sizes" OR "bed size" OR "bed sizes" OR "case load" OR "case loads" OR caseload* OR "patient volume" OR "patient volumes" OR "case volume" OR "case volumes" ) 

mourning/burial/death rites/customs

The following is a first try at this search topic.  As always feel free to send me comments:
(mourn*[ti] OR grief[ti] OR griev*[ti] OR death*[ti] OR burial*[ti] OR funeral*[ti] OR funerary[ti] OR cremat*[ti] OR mortuar*[ti] OR undertaker*[ti] OR embalm*[ti] OR mummif*[ti] OR tomb*[ti] OR entomb*[ti] OR mausoleum*[ti] OR inter[ti] OR interred[ti] OR interring[ti] OR inters[ti] OR obituar*[ti] OR memorial*[ti] OR eulog*[ti] OR bereav*[ti] OR shroud*[ti] OR casket*[ti] OR shiva[ti] OR wake[ti] OR wakes[ti]) AND (shiva[ti] OR custom*[ti] OR rite*[ti] OR culture[ti] OR cultural[ti] OR ethnic*[ti]) NOT (“cell culture” OR "tissue culture" OR "culture medium" OR co-culture OR "organ culture" OR "Culture Techniques"[mesh])

Y-stents (used in tracheobronchial repairs) - keywords

Another first attempt.  

("y-stent" OR "y stent" OR "dumon stent" OR "y-stents" OR "y stents" OR "dumon stents") 

polite/impolite behavior -- keywords

The following is a first stab at this search.  Suggestions, as always, are welcome.

polite* OR  respect* OR courtes* OR courteous* OR courtliness OR civilit* OR civil OR gracious* OR manners OR mannerliness OR correctness OR correctitude OR seemliness OR seemly OR decency OR decencies OR niceties OR nicety OR elegance OR elegancies OR modest* OR etiquette OR formal* OR informal* OR soothing OR soothe OR dignity OR autonom* OR empower* OR "social conventions" OR "proper behavior" OR comport* OR conduct* OR demeanor OR decorum OR propriety OR refinement OR "social graces" OR "social code" OR "social codes" OR "good citizenship" OR "good form" OR mores OR nonantag* OR antagon* OR discourt* OR rude OR incivil* OR impolit* OR immodest* OR crude* OR impropriety OR snob* OR sarcastic OR snub* OR arrogan* OR belitt* OR demean* OR depersonal* OR disrespect* OR rush* OR misbehav* 

Support hose -- keywords

(support OR compression[tiab]  OR compressive OR pressure OR pressure-gradient OR elastic* OR jobst OR TED OR anti-thrombo* OR antithrombo* OR antiembol* OR anti-embol* OR embolism* OR embolic OR thrombosis OR thromboses OR thrombotic OR DVT OR thromboembol* OR PE[tiab] ) AND (stocking OR stockings OR hose OR hosiery OR "knee high" OR "knee highs" OR "thigh high"[tiab] OR "thigh highs"[tiab] OR knee-high* OR thigh-high*[tiab])

Templates for eight common types of MeSH-based searches

I teach my "Introduction to Drug Information" students to use the templates, listed beneath this introductory paragraph, as a guide when they initially attempt to create a focused, relatively thorough  search.  I decided to post these templates here as I occasionally use this blog when working with my students. When teaching Intro to DI, I suggest that, after reviewing results of an initial search, students try the search again without subheadings to see if additional useful results are retrieved.  Of course, removing the subheadings sometimes makes the search intolerably unfocused . There is some redundancy in the templates, especially in the use of subheadings. PubMed explodes subheadings by default.  For example, in PubMed, one does not have to use the narrower  "poisoning" and "toxcity" subheadings with a specific heading if when one is already using the broader "adverse effects" subheading with that specific heading.  However, not all versions of MEDLINE explode subheadings.  For instance, I also have access to EBSCOhost MEDLINand it does not explode subheadings.

1. Drug safety/ consumer product safety
   "Drug A/adverse effects"[mesh] OR "Drug A/poisoning"[mesh] OR "Drug A/toxicity"[mesh] OR ("Drug A"[mesh] AND "drug effects"[sh]) OR ("Drug A"[mesh] AND ("Safety"[mesh] OR "consumer product safety"[mesh]))
   
    
2. Drug A (Procedure A) that doesn't cause harm (organ that could be harmed is not specified)
   "Drug A"[mesh] AND "drug effects"[sh]
   
    
3. Drug A (Procedure A) that doesn’t cause (or is least likely to cause) harm to Organ B
   "Drug A"[mesh] AND "Organ B/drug effects"[mesh]
   
    
4. Drug A (Procedure A) causes Disease B
   ("Drug A/adverse effects"[mesh] OR "Drug A/poisoning"[mesh] OR "Drug A/toxicity"[mesh]) AND ("Disease B/etiology"[mesh] OR "Disease B/chemically-induced"[mesh])
   
    
5. Drug A used to treat Disease B
   (“Drug A/administration and dosage”[mesh] OR “Drug A/therapeutic use”[mesh]) AND (“Disease B/drug therapy”[mesh] “Disease B/therapy”[mesh] )
    
6. Drug A used to prevent Disease B
   "Drug A/therapeutic use"[mesh] AND "Disease B/prevention and control"[mesh]
   
    
7. Drug A used to prevent Disease B in patients with Disease C
   "Drug A/therapeutic use"[mesh] AND "Disease B/prevention and control"[mesh] AND "Disease C"[mesh]
   
    
8. Disease A results in occurrence of Disease B
   "Disease A/complications"[mesh] AND "Disease B/etiology"[mesh]

Note on [Supplementary Concepts]:
Some concept's have no MeSH heading but have a "Supplementary Concept" in the MeSH database instead.

• Supplementary concepts do not have subheadings.
• All supplementary concepts are mapped to actual headings.

If one of your concept only has a "Supplementary Concept" rather than a MeSH, AND together the supplementary concept and the headings mapped to with the desired subheading. ex. ("Drug A"[supplementary concept]) AND ("drug heading mapped to 1/therapeutic use"[mesh] OR "drug heading mapped to 2/therapeutic use"[mesh]..) AND ("Disease B/prevention and control"[mesh])

In some cases, it works better to use the a drug class heading rather than the "heading mapped to".