Wednesday, October 28, 2020

How to Cite DynaMed Content?


 

Question: How do I cite a clinical overview article from DynaMed?

Answer:  Use the How to Cite feature at the bottom of any DynaMed clinical overview.

  • Open a clinical overview in DynaMed.
  • On the left side table-of-contents, scroll down to the bottom of the References section.
  • How to Cite is the last item in the document. [See yellow highlight above.]

How to Cite

National Library of Medicine, or "Vancouver style" (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors):

  • DynaMed [Internet]. Ipswich (MA): EBSCO Information Services. 1995 - . Record No. T114703Temporomandibular Disorders; [updated 2018 Nov 30, cited place cited date here]. Available from https://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114703. Registration and login required.

  • The citation includes a permalink or stable url to make it easy to revisit later.  
What about those dates?
  • 1995 is the date DynaMed as a database was first published.  This won't change.
  • Nov. 30, 2018 is the last date this particular article was updated.  
    • This may differ for every article within DynaMed, and may change later.  
  • The pre-formatted citation also includes a "Place cited date here."  
    • You will need to include the date YOU consulted/cited the article.  
    • This is necessary because DynaMed content is continually being updated.  
    • When you add the date cited, you essentially date-stamp it for when you used it.  
Other Important Info:
  • The fully formatted citation can be copied and pasted to where you need it.  
  • DynaMed uses the NLM or Vancouver Style format.  So if you need APA or some other format, be prepared to translate it into your required citation format.  

Questions, comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 
 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden




Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Holiday Celebrations & Covid-19: CDC Recommendations

 Celebrate Safely

As many people in the United States begin to plan for fall and winter holiday celebrations, CDC offers the following considerations to help protect individuals and their families, friends, and communities from COVID-19. These considerations are meant to supplement—not replace—any state, local, territorial, or tribal health and safety laws, rules, and regulations with which holiday gatherings must comply. When planning to host a holiday celebration, you should assess current COVID-19 levels in your community to determine whether to postpone, cancel, or limit the number of attendees.  Read more ...


What it covers:
  • Virus Spread
  • Who should avoid all in-person celebrations
  • General considerations
  • Before the celebration
  • During the celebration
  • After the celebration
  • Fall Holiday celebrations 
    • Thanksgiving

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Expert Searches for Covid Topics in Ovid Medline



For those of you who prefer searching Ovid Medline, they have created a number of Expert Searches on Covid-related (and many other) topics.    

This can save you oodles of time and typing!

Ovid's disclaimer:

  • This page is intended to provide some hints, advice and suggestions about how search strategies might be built, not to act in place of strategies built with expert subject knowledge or the assistance of a Medical Librarian.
Click the green down arrow to see the search strategy.

Here's an example of the expert search strategy for best evidence for cloth face masks:




Click on "Launch Ovid Expert Search" to run the search in Ovid Medline.  
  • Be patient.  This may take a minute or so to run, but it's worth it when you see the time it will save you in typing it all in by hand!  
  • Once you run the Expert Search Strategy, you can then modify the search as needed, including using limits to get it down to a manageable size. 

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 
 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Good Job: Encouragement for Our Health Care Heroes

Thank you, everyone, for continuing to care for our patients, our communities, and each other in the face of this pandemic.  I know it's hard.  You're exhausted and you're doing a good job.  

Good Job
by Alicia Keys

You’re doing a good job Don’t get too down The world needs you now Know that you matter Matter matter yeah


See the full lyrics ... [Click on "Show more" beneath the video]


Thank you from Your AW Medical Librarians, 

Michele Matucheski and Kellee.Selden

Friday, October 23, 2020

Clinical Key Content Updates - October 2020


The content of Clinical Key is constantly being updated.  Here are the October highlights.

Clinical Key

Clinical Key Search Tips & Tutorials


New Clinical Overviews – CK Global


Updated Clinical Overviews – Selected Topics

 

Books Added – CK Global

  • Gray’s Anatomy (Standring, Susan) 42nd ed; ISBN: 9780702077050; Package/Collection: Internal Medicine Extended; New edition (replaces 9780702052309).
  • The Ophthalmic Assistant (Logan, Bari M.) 10th ed; ISBN: 9780323394772; Package/Collection: Ophthalmology; New edition (replaces 9781455710690).
  • Physical Diagnosis of Pain (Waldman, Steven D.) 4th ed; ISBN: 9780323712606; Package/Collection: Pain Medicine; New edition (replaces 9780323377485).
  • Subfertility (Rehman, Rehana) 1st ed; ISBN: 9780323759458; Package/Collection: Obstetrics and Gynecology; New to CK.

Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 
 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Thursday, October 22, 2020

PubMed Updates and Retirement of the Legacy PubMed on October 31, 2020

 


Reposted from: Chan J. PubMed Updates and Retirement of the Legacy Site. NLM Tech Bull. 2020 Sep-Oct;(436):e6.  

2020 October 06 [posted]

Since the new PubMed replaced the legacy site in May, NLM has continued to add improvements and features to the new site. Many of the most requested features since the new PubMed became the default have now been added, such as:

We wish to thank all the PubMed users who have sent us feedback about their experience using the new site; many of these features were improved and prioritized thanks to your feedback. We encourage users to continue helping us improve PubMed by sharing comments and feedback using the green feedback button included on every page of the new PubMed.

Retirement of the legacy site

As previously announced via the banner on the legacy site, the legacy PubMed site will be retired after October 31, 2020. 

While more than 99% of users are already using the new PubMed, we recognize that it can take time to adapt to changes and find favorite features in a new interface. Several learning and training resources are available to help you use the new site:

Future development plans

NLM is committed to the ongoing development of PubMed and ensuring that PubMed remains a trusted and accessible source of biomedical literature today and in the future. Just as the legacy site received updates over the course of its tenure, we will continue to enhance and add features to the new PubMed.

Future development plans for the new PubMed include a new RESTful API, updating pages such as Clinical Queries to the new platform, and other improvements.

Please follow the Technical Bulletin and the PubMed New and Noteworthy feed for the latest updates on features and PubMed news.

By Jessica Chan
National Center for Biotechnology Information


Don't forget these local tips for Ascension Wisconsin users:
  1. If you use the PubMed links on the Ascension Wisconsin Library pages, you'll tap into our full-text offerings.
  2. If we don't have it, you'll be able to easily order the article through Ascension Wisconsin Library Services.  Look for the Ascension Logo to tap into local access.  
  3. We have a New PubMed Search Tips page with all of these helpful tips and tutorials.  
Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 
 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Retirement of Legacy PubMed on October 31 - Training and Transition Tools for New PubMed


Reposted from NCBI Insights October 21, 2020.  

The new PubMed has been the default now since May, and more than 99% of you are using the new site. The recent NLM technical bulletin has details on features that we have added to the new PubMed based on your requests.

Legacy PubMed, which has been available in parallel with the new PubMed, will be finally taken down after October 31, 2020.  We will continue to provide API access to PubMed through the E-utilities, which uses the legacy system, for the foreseeable future and until we can transition to an API that accesses the new system.

We understand that it can take time to adapt to changes and find favorite features in a new interface. Several learning and training resources are available to help you use the new PubMed:

Future development plans

We will continue to enhance and add features to the new PubMed. Future development plans include new RESTful API to replace E-utilities access, updating pages such as Clinical Queries to the new platform, and other improvements.

Please follow the Technical Bulletin and the PubMed New and Noteworthy feed for the latest updates on features and PubMed news.

 

Don't forget these local tips for Ascension Wisconsin users:
  1. If you use the PubMed links on the Ascension Wisconsin Library pages, you'll tap into our full-text offerings.
  2. If we don't have it, you'll be able to easily order the article through Ascension Wisconsin Library Services.  Look for the Ascension Logo to tap into local access.  
  3. We have a New PubMed Search Tips page with all of these helpful tips and tutorials.  
Questions or comments, contact Your Ascension Wisconsin Librarians: 
 Michele Matucheski        Kellee Selden

Friday, October 16, 2020

PubMed Clinical Queries Update to Include a Covid-19 Search for Best Evidence

The PubMed Clinical Queries page will soon be updated with design and content changes. The new page design aligns with the new PubMed and includes a new category for COVID-19 searches. Links and bookmarks created for the legacy PubMed Clinical Queries page will be redirected to the new page when this change takes effect.

The PubMed Clinical Queries page will initially include COVID-19 Articles and Clinical Study Categories (see Figure 1). The new COVID-19 filter strategies are published in the PubMed User Guide and may evolve over time.


Figure 1: PubMed Clinical Queries Page.


The Systematic Review and Medical Genetics filters that were included in the legacy PubMed Clinical Queries page have moved:

  • Systematic Review is available as a default Article Type filter on the filter sidebar for PubMed search result pages (see Figure 2).
  • The Medical Genetics searches are available as filters that may be added to a query using the filter name with the search field tag [filter]: for example, sickle cell anemia AND genetic counseling[filter]. The complete list of filters and associated search strategies are published in the PubMed User Guide.





Figure 2: PubMed Article Type Filter.

For more information about using Clinical Queries and the filter strategies, please see the PubMed User Guide:

By Jessica Chan
National Center for Biotechnology Information

Originally posted to the NLM Technical Bulletin on October 14, 2020.

Chan J. PubMed Clinical Queries Update Coming Soon. NLM Tech Bull. 2020 Sep-Oct;(436):e8.

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Masks May Do More Than We Think: ZDoggMD Talks with Dr Monica Gandhi

 


This is recent episode from ZDoggMD' podcast.    

I'd read cited the NEJM article last month and was intrigued with the idea of variolation, so I was happy to hear one of the authors talk about it in this discussion with Dr. Zubin Damania (aka ZDoggMD).   Dr. Gandhi also goes over the current state of the evidence re: face masks.  I was pleased to hear that I was familiar with all the studies she talks about concerning the efficacy of masks to prevent transmission of respiratory infections.  Dr. Gandhi comes from a background of treating patients with HIV, and has a different approach to convincing people to take care of themselves and others, whether it be wearing condoms or face masks.  No shaming here. ;-)

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!  

Here is the PubMed citation for her article: 

Facial Masking for Covid-19 - Potential for "Variolation" as We Await a Vaccine.
Gandhi M, Rutherford GW.N Engl J Med. 2020 Sep 8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2026913. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 32897661

Masks May Do More Than We Think (w/Dr. Monica Gandhi)


From ZDogg's introduction to this episode:

What if masks acted to reduce severity of COVID-19 infection for the WEARER, fostering immunity like a vaccine and allowing a full societal reopening?

Dr. Monica Gandhi is a UCSF professor of Medicine in the division of HIV, infectious diseases, and global medicine. She and her colleagues recently proposed just such a theory in the New England Journal of Medicine. In this fantastic interview she outlines the emerging data in support of the idea that masks may do more than we think.

Here’s a NY Times piece about her proposal, and here’s a paper she co-authored in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

And here’s ZDogg's piece on masks that summarizes some of Dr. Gandhi’s work.

Full Transcript is available at ZDoggMD.

References (directly from Dr. Gandhi) :

Viral inoculum theory: Higher viral inocula or “dose” linked to severity of disease

Well described in animal studies and some human studies for respiratory and GI illnesses -higher infective dose thought to lead to faster/greater pathogen replication, leading to a more aggressive and damaging innate inflammatory response, or overwhelming adaptive immune response- all leading to more severe disease.   This is a hypothesis for diseases in which immunopathology plays a role in viral pathogenesis, such as COVID-19 (Rouse BT, Sehrawat S. Immunity and immunopathology to viruses: what decides the outcome? Nat Rev Immunol. 2010;10(7):514-526)

Some evidence for the “viral inocula” theory for SARS/MERS. Evidence in SARS-CoV-2 fom degree of illness in household contacts/ health care workers at beginning of pandemic.  Papers supporting viral inoculum theory. [43 more citations available at ZDogg's site.]