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Find Peer-reviewed Studies in Biomedical Literature for a Specific Drug and Indication?

TOPIC: In this example, using two biomedical databases MEDLINE® (File 154) and EMBASE® (File 72), you want to find recent human research studies in English for the drug Baclofen, a drug used for spasticity and pain. MEDLINE® is a major source of biomedical literature. EMBASE® also contains biomedical information with a focus on drug literature. Both databases have their own thesaurus to help in locating search terms.

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 154,72
SELECT BACLOFEN/TI,DE
SELECT S1 AND SPASTICITY/TI,DE
SELECT S2/HUMAN,ENG,2005
SELECT S3 NOT CEREBRAL()PALSY
RD
TYPE S5/6/1-2 FROM EACH
TYPE S5/9/1


HOW TO...



1. BEGIN 154 and 72, databases containing biomedical and drug literature.

2. SELECT the drug name and disease limited to the title (/TI) and descriptors (/DE).

3. Limit the set to human subjects (/human) and English language records (/eng) from 2005 (/2005).



?b 154,72

SYSTEM:OS  - DIALOG OneSearch
  File 154:MEDLINE(R) 1990-2006/Aug 22
         (c) format only 2006 Dialog
  File  72:EMBASE 1993-2006/Aug 23
         (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V.
 
      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?SELECT BACLOFEN/TI,DE
      S1    7852  BACLOFEN/TI,DE

?SELECT S1 AND SPASTICITY/TI,DE
            7852  S1
            6485  SPASTICITY/TI,DE
      S2    1191  S1 AND SPASTICITY/TI,DE

?SELECT S2/HUMAN,ENG,2005
             995  S2/HUMAN,ENG
         1195306  PY=2005
      S3     104  S2/HUMAN,ENG,2005



4.
Eliminate records related to “cerebral palsy.”

5. Remove duplicate records (RD) when searching more than one database.



?SELECT S3 NOT CEREBRAL()PALSY
             104  S3
          266605  CEREBRAL
           30646  PALSY
           12418  CEREBRAL(W)PALSY
      S4      79  S3 NOT CEREBRAL()PALSY

?RD

     S5      68  RD  (unique items)


6. TYPE S5 in Format 6 and use the FROM EACH command to see the first two records from each database.

?T S5/6/1-2 FROM EACH
 

  5/6/1     (Item 1 from file: 154)  
19948352   PMID: 15781838
 Incidence  of  seizures  in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with  intrathecal  baclofen .  
Mar 22  2005  
 
  5/6/2     (Item 2 from file: 154)  
19880389   PMID: 16134742
 Prolonged anti-spasticity  effects of bolus intrathecal   baclofen.
Jul  2005  
 
  5/6/16     (Item 1 from file: 72)  
13863570     EMBASE No: 2005421660
  Skeletal muscle relaxants and associated medications for nonspecific  acute back pain  
  2005
 
  5/6/17     (Item 2 from file: 72)  
13722369     EMBASE No: 2005304193
  Current perspectives in the pathogenesis and treatment of multiple sclerosis  
  2005

7. TYPE
desired record(s) in S5 using Fomat 9 to see the complete record.

?T S5/9/2
 
  5/9/2     (Item 2 from file: 154)  
DIALOG(R)File 154:MEDLINE(R)
(c) format only 2006 Dialog. All rts. reserv.
 
19880389   PMID: 16134742
 Prolonged anti-  spasticity  effects of bolus intrathecal   baclofen.
  Baguley I J; Bailey K M; Slewa-Younan S
  Brain  Injury  Rehabilitation Service, Westmead Hospital, Wentworthville, NSW, Australia. ianb@biru.wsahs.nsw.gov.au
  Brain   injury  -  BI (England)   Jul  2005 , 19 (7) p545-8,  ISSN 0269-9052--Print   Journal Code: 8710358
  Publishing Model Print
  Document type: Case Reports; Journal Article
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Main Citation Owner: NLM
  Record type: MEDLINE; Completed
  Subfile:   INDEX MEDICUS
  Anecdotal  patient  reports  have  suggested  prolonged  benefit from the initial  bolus  dose of intrathecal baclofen (bolus ITB) that have not been evident on the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS). This case study assessed this effect  utilizing surface electromyography (SEMG) as an adjunct to clinical
observations. Overall, SEMG recordings were consistent with MAS findings. However, SEMG also revealed a marked and persisting reduction in abnormal muscle activity for 96 hours post-bolus   ITB, well beyond the pharmacological washout period of baclofen in the CSF.
  Tags: Male
  Descriptors: *Baclofen  --therapeutic use--TU; *Muscle Relaxants, Central--therapeutic use--TU; *Muscle Spasticity  --drug therapy--DT; Adult; Brain Injuries--complications--CO;  Electromyography; Humans; Injections, Spinal;
Muscle Spasticity--etiology--ET
  CAS Registry No.: 0   (Muscle Relaxants, Central); 1134-47-0   (Baclofen)
Record Date Created: 20050901
Record Date Completed: 20060209


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