Hello. This sounds like a neat project. I'd like to know more, primarily, how does it differ from the indexing that is currently done for all the articles in Medline? (The only articles not indexed by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health are the in-process articles (which are later indexed) and the publisher-supplied articles: [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] or [PubMed].)
Below is the indexing for an article currently in Medline (just choose "Citation" from the Display drop box):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=19707215%5Buid%5D
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Sep;86(3):241-3.Related Articles, Links
Stockpiling antiviral drugs for the next influenza pandemic.
Patel A, Gorman SE.
Division of Strategic National Stockpile, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [log in to unmask]
The threat of an influenza pandemic has been at the forefront of public health preparedness for more than 5 years. The national planning effort has included stockpiling antiviral drugs in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). This article highlights the composition of the SNS before the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and includes considerations for future antiviral stockpile purchases, focusing on emergence of oseltamivir resistance and the need for additional pediatric supplies.
MeSH Terms:
Antiviral Agents/supply & distribution*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
Child
Disease Outbreaks*
Drug Resistance, Viral
Health Planning
Humans
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Influenza, Human/epidemiology*
United States
Substances:
Antiviral Agents
PMID: 19707215 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Please tell more about your project.
Take care,
Tanya
Tanya Feddern-Bekcan, MLIS, AHIP, MOT, OTR/L http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/libraryarticles.html formerly Tanya Feddern
305.243.3999 - [log in to unmask] - 305.325.9670 (fax) EBM Theme Director & Reference and Education Librarian Louis Calder Memorial Library University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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From: Evidence based health (EBH) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Martin Dawes, Dr.
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:54 AM
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Subject: over 100 abstracts done - just a few more to go.....help us to improve searches
Dear All -
Wouldn't you like to see all articles where P is primary care and E(exposure) is tamiflu and O is mortality - the aim is to index Medline using PICO words derived from us looking at a few abstracts and generating a list.
In fact it would be more clever than that - it would allow you to see all the outcomes evaluated and the number of articles for those outcomes - ie days of illness, time of work etc for P=primary care patients and E=tamiflu.
[cid:FF85CC8C-5406-4582-B62D-54189EB9ED35@campus.mcgill.ca]
We want you to look at just 10 abstracts and identify some of the PICO terms in each abstract. It takes an average of 4 minutes an abstract and if you do one abstract a day over 10 days this would be incredibly useful to everyone looking for answers to clinical problems.
Our web site is http://www-etud.iro.umontreal.ca/~boudinfl/peotagger/
Just try it now - watch the video or just try tagging a few words. The aim is to identify PICO terms - except we just have E for exposure rather than asking for I or C, so we can include such items as smoking, or even diagnostic tests. Registering is just so you can log back in - we wont keep your name or password - only the index words will be kept at the end of the project - and these will be available to anyone.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
Thanks very much to all those who have taken part - tell your friends - spread the word and this can be achieved.
Martin
Dr Martin Dawes
Professor & Chair Family Medicine
McGill University
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Quebec, Canada H2W 1S4
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