| On Doctoring MEDLINE searches, with reference librarian comments |
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The question was
What I'm looking for:A patient is curious about the use of phosphocreatine as a dietary supplement - he/she is curious if it is efficacious and safe to use.
What does the literature say about the use of phosphocreatine
as a dietary supplement for athletic
enhancement?What are the side effects, if any?
1 : exp Phosphocreatine/ae [Adverse Effects] {1}
2 : exp Phosphocreatine/ {5225}
3 : Muscles/ {114733}
4 : exp muscles/ or exp "physical education and training"/ or {362450}
exp physical fitness/ or exp sports/ or Physical endurance/
or Running/ or Sports medicine/
5 : Dietary supplements/ or Muscles/ {115397}
6 : 2 and 3 {1225}
7 : 2 and 4 {3111}
8 : 2 and 5 {1229}
9 : 6 and 7 {1225}
10 : 6 and 8 {1225}
11 : 7 and 8 {1229}
12 : Body composition/ or Creatine/ or Exercise/ or Muscles/ {140286}
13 : "PHOSPHOCREATINE SUPPLEMENT".mp. {0}
14 : "ATHLETES".mp. {6931}
15 : Phosphocreatine/ or "phosphocreatine".mp. {6498}
16 : 14 and 15 {25}
17 : "CREATINE PHOSPHATE".mp. {1760}
18 : 14 and 17 {9}
19 : from 16 keep 1-25 {25}
20 : from 16 keep 1,4,6 {3}
21 : from 18 keep 1,3 {2}
22 : 20 or 21 {4}
23 : from 22 keep 1-4 {4}
Reference Librarian comments
It's clear that you were bopping around, having lots of MEDLINE fun.
Did you finally end up with interesting references? The only idea I
had would be a different approach altogether, something like:1 :
exp *Phosphocreatine/
3572 :
limit 1 to (human and english language and review articles)
2...but this didn't get very much. Interesting topic, to be sure. It
would be fun to use a SPORTS database for this one also...Good job. Congrats!
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