Prognosis and prediction studies

Database Filter
EMBASE

Holland JL, Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB. Optimal search strategies for identifying sound clinical prediction studies in EMBASE. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2005;5:11. Also at http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_Hedges_EMBASE_Strategies.aspx

ISSG structured abstract (pdf)

ISSG search filter appraisal (pdf)
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Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB. Optimal search strategies for detecting clinically sound prognostic studies in EMBASE: an analytic survey. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2005;12(4):481-5. Also at http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_Hedges_EMBASE_Strategies.aspx

MEDLINE

Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB. Developing optimal search strategies for detecting clinically sound prognostic studies in MEDLINE: an analytic survey. BMC Medicine 2004;2:23. [PubMed]. Also at http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_Hedges_MEDLINE_Strategies.aspx

ISSG structured abstract (pdf)

ISSG search filter appraisal (pdf)
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Wong SS, Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB, Ramkissoonsingh R, Hedges Team. Developing optimal search strategies for detecting sound clinical prediction studies in MEDLINE. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 2003;728-32. [PubMed].Also at http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_Hedges_MEDLINE_Strategies.aspx

Ingui BJ, Rogers MA. Searching for clinical prediction rules in MEDLINE. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2001;8(4):391-7. [PubMed]