| On Doctoring MEDLINE searches, with reference librarian comments |
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The question was
"The Role of Hyperalimentation in Treatment of Pancreatitis"1 : Pancreatitis/dh,dt,th [Diet Therapy, Drug Therapy, Therapy] {997}
2 : Parenteral nutrition, total/ {2497}
3 : 1 and 2 {32}
4 : limit 3 to (human and english language) {17}
5 : from 4 keep 1-17 {17}
6 : "HYPERALIMENTATION".mp. {329}
7 : 1 and 6 {0}
8 : from 4 keep 1-17 {17}
Reference Librarian comments
I think you "get it," this MEDLINE business. I have just a couple of
comments. Be sure to "explode" MeSH terms. When you don't, you
miss some more specific terms, like for example - in the case of
Pancreatitis, you didn't get references indexed under "Pancreatitis,
Acute Necrotizing" or "Pancreatitis, Alcoholic"; ... and if you
don't "explode" the Parenteral nutrition, you don't get "Home" PN or
"Total" PN, both of which you probably want.It looks like "Hyperalimentation" might be synonymous with "Parental
nutrition, total" -- so, anyway, you've got it covered. Good job!
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