Check Your Planned Search With Standard Search Templates

Check your list of heading/subheading combinations and/or headings with the appropriate template below. Make any needed revisions in your search plans.

1. Drug safety/ consumer product safety
   “Drug A/adverse effects”[mesh] OR “Drug A/poisoning”[mesh] OR “Drug A/toxicity”[mesh] OR (“Drug A”[mesh] AND “drug effects”[sh]) OR (“Drug A”[mesh] AND (“Safety”[mesh] OR “consumer product safety”[mesh]))
   
    
   
2. Drug A (Procedure A) that doesn’t cause harm (organ that could be harmed is not specified)
   “Drug A”[mesh] AND “drug effects”[sh]
   
    
   
3. Drug A (Procedure A) that doesn’t cause (or is least likely to cause) harm to Organ B
   “Drug A”[mesh] AND “Organ B/drug effects”[mesh]
   
    
   
4. Drug A (Procedure A) causes Disease B
   (“Drug A/adverse effects”[mesh] OR “Drug A/poisoning”[mesh] OR “Drug A/toxicity”[mesh]) AND (“Disease B/etiology”[mesh] OR “Disease B/chemically-induced”[mesh])
   
    
   
5. Drug A used to treat Disease B
   (“Drug A/administration and dosage”[mesh] OR “Drug A/therapeutic use”[mesh]) AND (“Disease B/drug therapy”[mesh] “Disease B/therapy”[mesh] )
    
   
6. Drug A used to prevent Disease B
   “Drug A/therapeutic use”[mesh] AND “Disease B/prevention and control”[mesh]
   
    
   
7. Drug A used to prevent Disease B in patients with Disease C
   “Drug A/therapeutic use”[mesh] AND “Disease B/prevention and control”[mesh] AND "Disease C"[mesh]
   
    
   
8. Disease A results in occurrence of Disease B
   “Disease A/complications”[mesh] AND “Disease B/etiology”[mesh]
   
   

Note on [Supplementary Concepts]:
Some concept’s have no MeSH heading but have a “Supplementary Concept” in the MeSH database instead.

• Supplementary concepts do not have subheadings.
• All supplementary concepts are mapped to actual headings.

If one of your concept only has a “Supplementary Concept” rather than a MeSH, AND together the supplementary concept and the headings mapped to with the desired subheading. ex. (“Drug A”[supplementary concept]) AND (“drug heading mapped to 1/therapeutic use”[mesh] OR “drug heading mapped to 2/therapeutic use”[mesh]….) AND (“Disease B/prevention and control”[mesh])

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