@article{7c10528becdb433fbdd4071c77635f38,
title = "Literature-searching strategies to improve the application of evidence-based clinical practice principles to stroke care",
abstract = "The field of cerebrovascular disease is evolving more rapidly than ever. New evidence from primary research in stroke is available and should be guiding global changes in practice. Instead, there is a disappointing and ever-widening evidence-practice gap. Busy health care practitioners are encouraged to practice evidence-based medicine, but their skills in this field are deficient. The purpose of this article is to provide the steps necessary to quickly, efficiently, and independently locate high-quality, valid evidence-based information on stroke that can be applied in a point-of-care setting. A discussion of secondary stroke prevention highlights these steps.",
author = "Demaerschalk, {Bart M.}",
note = "Funding Information: SUMSearch ( sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/ ) is a unique method of automated searching for medical evidence using the Internet and combining metasearching and contingency searching. 31 Metasearching means simultaneously searching multiple Internet sites and collating the results into 1 page. If SUMSearch finds too many hits from an Internet site, it will execute more restrictive contingency searches. SUMSearch allows the clinician to enter a query 1 time and then selects the best Internet sites to search, formats the query for each site, executes contingency searches, and returns a single document. SUMSearch queries only Internet sites that contain valid evidence written by qualified professionals. Most of the links provided by SUMSearch come from 3 Internet sites: the National Library of Medicine, DARE, and the National Guideline Clearinghouse, all of which are government sponsored and likely have limited bias due to conflict of interest. Validated filters are incorporated to optimally search for certain types of articles. SUMSearch is freely available in multiple languages, is not for profit, and receives no money from any of the sites to which it links. It is supported by the University of Texas Health Science Center. If the MeSH terms Cerebrovascular Accident and Prevention are entered and the focus filter intervention is applied, the SUMSearch engine quickly completes an automated search and presents the results in a logical sequence: 44 reviews/editorials, 8 practice guidelines, 272 systematic reviews (17 from DARE and 255 from PubMed), and 96 pieces of original research (search conducted August 2004). Clearly, with this search engine, as with others, a user can further refine the search, depending on what component of secondary stroke prevention is of interest. ",
year = "2004",
month = oct,
doi = "10.4065/79.10.1321",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "79",
pages = "1321--1329",
journal = "Mayo Clinic proceedings",
issn = "0025-6196",
publisher = "Elsevier Science",
number = "10",
}