ID the key concepts of your question, in this case—
osteoporosis
steroids
ulcerative colitis
Come up with related terms for each key concept.
Use truncation to search for terms that begin with a word root.
osteoporo*
will search for
osteoporosis, osteoporoses, osteoporotic, osteoporotically...
First, search each key concept separately (lines #1, #2, #3). Consult the database’s search history to see how many hits your terms produce. Big numbers are your friend. If there are too few hits for a key concept, add more synonyms or some broader terms. If there are too many hits, remove terms and/or use narrower terms.
Then combine search lines, as shown (lines #4, #5).
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Ask a good clinical question by formulating your information need as a PICO search.
PICO stands for...
Patient or Population or Problem
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Try this type of search in PubMed, using the tool PICO Linguist (National Library of Medicine).
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