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Therapy Question
What is the evidence for the use of antibiotics for treating otitis media in children?
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Seach Example - Therapy - Illustrated Version
Step 1. Otitis media is a MeSH term. Use the Advanced Search screen to search for Otitis media as a MeSH term.
Step 2. Search for antibiotics, including synonyms (connected with OR).
Step 3a. Combine the concepts with AND.
Step 3b: Combined Results
Step 4a. Limit the results by Age.
Scroll down the results page and click on Additional Filters to add Age Filters.
Step 4b. Select the Age Filter. Check "Child: birth-18." Click on Show.
Step 4c. Apply the Child Age Filter.
Step 5. To further reduce the number of results, use more filters. For example, the Publication Date and the Article Type filters.
Search Example - Therapy - Alternate Search Approach
Alternate Search Approach - Clinical Queries
Step 1. Find Clinical Queries option on PubMed homepage
Step 2. Search for original terms, with or without synonyms.
Select the Therapy filter, and select either a Broad or Narrow Scope.
Step 3. Review Clinical Queries results, filtered by Therapy and a Broad scope.
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