collection consists of articles selected by the editors for their excellence in covering topics of particular timeliness or with a high degree of interest to the specialty
key studies that have shaped the practice of obstetrics and gynecology. Aconcise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, and its implications for practice. An illustrative clinical case concludes each review, followed by brief information on other relevant studies.
add as Boolean AND to search strategy on a topic in PubMed. Refines search to a set of 240+ medical & health journals most often used in clinical practice
Literature Reviews, Systematic Reviews, & Scoping Reviews likely include large, high-impact, or good-quality studies
Ovid Medline
Search for your topic in Ovid Medline search bar
In a new search bar, copy & paste one or more of the strategies below
Combine your topic's search string with the Review search string with AND to limit to review articles
Select a few relevant reviews, and mine the references cited to locate key studies.
Search strategies & filters to refine search for reviews of all types
((literature adj review).ti,ab.) OR (review.pt. or (((integrated or integrative or narrative) adj (review or reviews)) or overview or ((state adj3 art) and (art adj (review or reviews)))).ti,ab,kf.)
Journals with "Clinics" OR "Current Opinion" in their titles often have nice overviews of topics, and may include discussions of key articles of interest.
Search strategy:
("current opinion" OR "clinics").jw
Tools for Literature Discovery & "Growing the Pearl"
artificial intelligence system to aggregate, synthesize, and visualize clinically relevant evidence in understandable, accessible formats that can be used to make more evidenced-based decisions and improve patient outcomes
Jin Q, Leaman R, Lu Z. PubMed and beyond: biomedical literature search in the age of artificial intelligence. EBioMedicine. 2024;100:104988. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.104988