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Scope

ClinicalResource@Ovid integrates informational resources, including diagnosis and treatment guidelines provided by Clin-eguide; expert-authored disease monographs from the 5-Minute Consult Database; drug and pharmaceutical information from Facts & Comparisons, including data on natural products; bibliographic data from the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database; and patient handouts that address adult, pediatric, senior, and women's health topics. ClinicalResource@Ovid provides Ovid current customers with access to all of their subscribed Ovid book, journal, and EBMR resources. Ovid's search and discovery technology can help the clinical decision-making power of ClinicalResource@Ovid with database, full-text article, and book resources from medical publishers.

Current Ovid customers have one-click access to all of their subscribed Ovid book, journal, and EBMR resources while using ClinicalResource@Ovid.

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General Information

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Ovid is an operating company of Wolters Kluwer Health, a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading multinational publisher and information services company. For more information about Ovid, visit our website at Ovid.com.

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ClinicalResource@Ovid Components

Clin-eguide (evidence-based diagnosis and treatment guidelines) Evidence-based and synoptic diagnostic and treatment recommendations for frequent and high-cost problems occurring in primary care, inpatient, and emergency department settings. Access relevant information quickly. Key performance improvement indicators added throughout to ensure optimal patient outcomes and adherence to regulatory standards
5-Minute Consult Database A collection of over 1000 topics from the top three 5-minute consult books about clinical, pediatric, and emergency medicine. Nursing considerations supplement each topic. ICD9-CM codes included to expedite administrative processes.
Ovid MEDLINEŽ The National Library of Medicine’s definitive index to clinical medical literature. Integrates full text links to subscribed Ovid and non-Ovid journals configured through Links@Ovid or LinkSolver™.
Drug Facts and Comparisons A comprehensive drug information guide containing more than 22,000 brand-name and 6,000 generic drugs described and compared in easy-to-read charts and tables. Updated monthly.
A to Z Drug Facts The perfect companion resource to Drug Facts & Comparisons. Features dosages, side effects, and indications, information on drug therapy and patient care, and pharmacological and patient care considerations. Updated monthly.
Review of Natural Products Referenced reviews of the pharmacological use of herbals, botanicals, and other natural products. More than 3,000 in-depth monographs feature details on botany, history, chemistry, pharmacology, medicinal uses, toxicology, drug interactions, and patient information—all based upon scientific research.
National Guideline Clearinghouse Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines collected by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Summary abstracts and full text included. Search by keyword or browse by disease or treatment.
McKesson Patient Handouts (English and Spanish patient handouts) Handouts from McKesson Clinical Reference Systems are personalized for patients and written for a lay audience.

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Searching

Ovid’s Natural Language technology is the basis for the ClinicalResource@Ovid search. With Natural Language searching, you can ask a question directly or describe a topic in ordinary English terms, without having to know special syntax rules, search conventions, or complicated search strategies.

To perform a search in ClinicalResource@Ovid, enter your question or topic description into the search box and click the Search button. Natural Language filters the terms of your query, eliminating irrelevant noise words and tightening word choices into valid search terms and phrases.

YOUR SEARCH QUERY NATURAL LANGUAGE VALIDATED TERMS/PHRASES
warfarin for treatment of dvt warfarin
treatment
deep vein thrombosis
What are the current criteria for use of prophylactic defibrillators in MI? criteria
prophylactic
defibrillators
heart attack
ekg changes in hypokalemia electrocardiogram
changes
hypokalemia
weather related migraine weather
migraine
interactions between zoloft and vicodin Zoloft
Vicodin
Natural Language searching utilizes a proprietary medical lexicon to expand validated terms to include:
The medical lexicon draws from the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Meta-thesaurus, medical dictionaries and thesauri, medical acronyms, drug and disease names, and standard American and British English dictionaries.

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Changing to ClinicalResource@Ovid from Another Database

To change a search session to a segment of this database from another database or another segment, use the change database icon on the Main Search Page.

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Producer Copyright Information

Copyright 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health
Product Guide last updated August 4, 2006.
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