Development of a heart failure filter for Medline: an objective approach using evidence-based clinical practice guidelines as an alternative to hand searching

摘要

BackgroundHeart failure is a highly debilitating syndrome with a poor prognosis primarily affecting the elderly. Clinicians wanting timely access to heart failure evidence to provide optimal patient care can face many challenges in locating this evidence.This study developed and validated a search filter of high clinical utility for the retrieval of heart failure articles in OvidSP Medline.