Development and Validation of Filters for the Retrieval of Studies of Clinical Examination From Medline

• Main Authors: Shaikh, Nader (Author), Badgett, Robert G (Author), Pi, Mina (Author), Wilczynski, Nancy L (Author), McKibbon, K. Ann (Author), Ketchum, Andrea M (Author), Haynes, R. Brian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundEfficiently finding clinical examination studies-studies that quantify the value of symptoms and signs in the diagnosis of disease-is becoming increasingly difficult. Filters developed to retrieve studies of diagnosis from Medline lack specificity because they also retrieve large numbers o...