Sensitivity and Predictive Value of 15 PubMed Search Strategies to Answer Clinical Questions Rated Against Full Systematic Reviews

Thomas Agoritsas   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Arnaud Merglen   ³ , MD ;   Delphine S Courvoisier   ^{1, 4} , PhD ;   Christophe Combescure   ¹ , PhD ;   Nicolas Garin   ² , MD ;   Arnaud Perrier   ² , MD ;   Thomas V Perneger   ¹ , MD, PhD

¹ Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

² Division of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

³ Division of General Pediatrics, Geneva Faculty of Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

⁴ Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States