| On Doctoring MEDLINE searches, with reference librarian comments |
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The question was
"Information on the use of low mol.wt.heparin for
treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT's) "1 : exp *Heparin, low-molecular-weight/tu [Therapeutic Use] {667}
2 : Thrombosis/dt [Drug Therapy] {1487}
3 : Thromboembolism/dt [Drug Therapy] {416}
4 : 1 and 3 {46}
5 : limit 4 to english language {34}
6 : limit 5 to human {34}
7 : "DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS".mp. {1690}
8 : 7 and 1 {84}
9 : 6 or 8 {108}
10 : limit 9 to (human and english language) {86}
11 : from 10 keep 1-3 {3}
12 : from 10 keep 2,5,7,13,18,23,30,40,52 {9}
Reference Librarian comments
Great job. You were using MEDLINE nicely. Pulmonary embolism and
thrombophlebitis were other terms you could use, I suppose, but you
got good stuff.
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