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• Biological science relevant to human
File Type Features
• Controlled terms (Emtree drug and medical descriptors) • Drug trade names and their manufacturers • Medical device trade names and manufacturers (1998 to the present) • Approximately 80% of the records include abstracts • CAS Registry Numbers
File Size Coverage Language Database Producer January 2014
About 7,600 journals from about 70 countries (approximately 95% of file) Books, conference proceedings, and reports (approximately 5% of file)
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Online Helps (HELP DIRECTORY lists all help messages available) STNGUIDE Embase Journal List is available at:Emtree Thesaurus (updated three times per year)
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• ALLBIB • AUTHORS • BIOSCIENCE • CASRNS • COMPANIES • CORPSOURCE • ENVIRONMENT • FORMULATIONS • HEALTH • MEDICINE • PHARMACOLOGY • TOXICOLOGY information (PDF).
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January 2014 Search and Display Field Codes The fields that allow left truncation are marked with an asterisk (*). Search Field Name Search Examples
product (NP), and gene number (GEN) fields, as well as CAS Registry Numbers)
Author (includes editor) (6)
Device Trade Name) (1,2)
including major terms) (3)
S LINDANE+ALL/CT S CISPLATIN/CT (L) IT/CT S PANCREAS DISEASE/CT S ANIMAL EXPERIMENT/CT AND L1
Corporate Name (Manufacturer)(2,4)
Corporate Source (4,6)
Email Address (4)
Entry Date (5)
or Embase Alert (EMBAL) (5,7)
Entry Date MEDLINE (5) January 2014 Search and Display Field Codes (cont’d) Search Field Name Search Examples
Publication Date (5)
Publication Year (5)
information (volume, issue, pagination, and number of references), meeting information, ISSN, ISBN, and CODEN)
Update Date (5)
Update Date MEDLINE (5) (1) Medical device trade names are available from 1998 to the present. (2) For data after mid-1998, you can use the (L) operator to link the trade names in /CN to manufacturer names in /CO. (3) An online thesaurus is available in this field. (4) Search with implied (S) proximity is available in this field. (5) Numeric search field that may be searched with numeric operators or ranges. (6) Use (L) to link AU CS pairs. (7) Only added to Embase records that have been added or updated after April 29, 2013. Limiting Search Codes Only an L-number for an answer set created in Embase may be limited. Search Field Name Search Examples
S L1/MAJ,ENG (2)
S L1/MAJ (3) (1) The code may be abbreviated to the first three letters. (2) An answer set may be limited to more than one subject area. (3) Major terms may be searched directly in the Controlled Term (/CT) field by preceding the search term with an asterisk, e.g., S *LUNG Super Search Fields Enter a super search code to execute a search in one or more fields that may contain the desired information. Super search fields facilitate crossfile and multifile searching. EXPAND may not be used with super search fields. Use EXPAND with the individual field codes instead. Search Field Name Searched Search Examples January 2014 Controlled Term (/CT) Thesaurus All relationship codes may be used with both the SEARCH and EXPAND command in the Controlled Term (/CT) thesaurus.
(BT, SELF, NOTE, HNTE, RN, USE, UF, NT, RT)
Keyword Terms (multiword phrases containing term)
Standard (Broader, Narrower, and Related Terms)
(1) Automatic relationship is SET OFF. When SET REL is ON, the result of EXPAND without any relationship code is the same as
Thesaurus Field Descriptors Description January 2014 DISPLAY and PRINT Formats Any combination of formats may be used to display or print answers. Multiple codes must be separated by spaces or commas, e.g., D L1 1-5 BIB ABS; D L1 TI,AU,SO,CS,AB. The fields are displayed in the order specified.
Hit-term highlighting is available for all searchable fields. Highlighting must be ON during SEARCH to use the HIT, HITIND, KWIC, and OCC formats.
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CN (TN) (1)
Copyright MEDLINE (for unique MEDLINE records only)
Entry Date (includes ED.FIR information when available)
ED.FIR (1,2)
Entry Date First Appeared in Embase or Embase Alert (EMBAL) includes ED (UP)
FTDOI (2)
International Standard (Document) Number
AN, TI, AU, CS, SO, PB, PUI, CY, DT, FS, NCT, LA, SL, ED (UP), AB, CT, ST,
AN, TI, AU, CS, SO, PB, PUI, CY, DT, FS, NCT, LA, SL, ED (UP) (BIB is the
January 2014 DISPLAY and PRINT Formats (cont’d) Examples
SCAN (1,3)
TI, CT, ST, RN, CN, NP, CO, GEN (random display without answer numbers)
(TRI,FREE, SAM) (1)
HITIND (1)
Hit term with 20 words on either side (KeyWord-In-Context)
Number of occurrences of hit terms and fields in which they occur
(1) No online display fee for this format. (2) Custom display only. (3) SCAN must be specified on the command line, i.e., D SCAN or DISPLAY SCAN. SELECT, ANALYZE, and SORT Fields The SELECT command is used to create E-numbers containing terms taken from the specified field in an answer set.
The ANALYZE command is used to create an L-number containing terms taken from the specified field in an answer set.
The SORT command is used to rearrange the search results in either alphabetic or numeric order of the specified field(s).
ANALYZE/ Field Name Field Code SELECT (1)
Entry Date First Appeared in Embase or Embase Alert (EMBAL)
International Standard (Document) Number
January 2014 SELECT, ANALYZE, and SORT Fields (cont’d) ANALYZE/ Field Name Field Code SELECT (1) (1) HIT may be used to restrict terms extracted to terms that match the search expression used to create the answer set, e.g., SEL HIT (2) Appends /BI to the terms created by SELECT. (3) SELECT HIT and ANALYZE HIT are not valid with this field. (4) Extracts the first author, publication year, volume, and first page with a truncation symbol appended and /RE appended to the terms (5) Selects or analyzes ISSN, ISBN, and CODEN with /ISN appended to the terms created by SELECT. (6) Appends /JT to the terms created by SELECT. (7) Selects or analyzes ISSN, ISBN, and CODEN with /SO appended to the terms created by SELECT. (8) Appends /DT to the terms created by SELECT. Sample Records
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 2013381779 EMBASE Full-text TITLE: Treatment of elderly patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis, even with comorbidity, at home. AUTHOR: Rodriguez-Cerrillo, Matilde (correspondence); Poza-Montoro, Ana; Fernandez-Diaz, Eddita; Matesanz-David, Mayra; Inurrieta Romero, Amaia CORPORATE SOURCE: Hospital Al Home Unit, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, C/Prof. Martin Lagos, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. matilderodriguez@gm ail.com SOURCE: European Journal of Internal Medicine, (July 2013) Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 430-432. Refs: 12 ISSN: 0953-6205; E-ISSN: 1879-0828 CODEN: EJIMEJ PUBLISHER: Elsevier, P.O. Box 211, Amsterdam, 1000 AE, Netherlands. PUBLISHER IDENT.: S 0953-6205(13)00100-3 COUNTRY: Netherlands DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal; Article FILE SEGMENT: 006 Internal Medicine 020 Gerontology and Geriatrics 037 Drug Literature Index 048 Gastroenterology LANGUAGE: English SUMMARY LANGUAGE: English ENTRY DATE: Entered Embase: 27 Jun 2013 Last Updated on Embase: 27 Jun 2013 First Entered Embase or Embase Alert: 30 Apr 2013 ABSTRACT:
Background Elderly patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis
are usually hospitalized. The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes of elderly patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis who were treated at home versus traditional Hospitalization. Methods Prospective study from March 2011 to September 2012 including patients over 70 years with uncomplicated
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diverticulitis admitted to Hospital at Home Unit and to Conventional
Hospitalization from the Emergency Department. Patients with β-lactam allergy or who required admission to Conventional Hospitalization for other pathology were excluded. All patients were given intravenous antibiotic. Patients transferred to Hospital at Home stayed 24 h in the Observation Ward within the Emergency Department prior to discharge. Characteristics and outcomes of patients are analyzed. Results 34 patients were treated at home and 18 in hospital. Mean age was similar in both groups (77 vs 79). The oldest patient treated at home was 90 years old. 64% of patients treated in Hospital at Home had comorbidity vs 68% in Conventional Hospitalization. 11% of patients treated at home were diabetic. Thickening colonic wall was present in 100% of patients. 38% of patients treated at home had free fluid vs 42% treated in Hospital. All patients had a good clinical evolution. None of the patients treated at home was transferred to Hospital. Home treatment was associated with a cost reduction of 1368 euros per patient. Conclusions Treatment at home of elderly patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis is as safe and effective as treatment in Hospital, even if patient has comorbidity. .COPYRGT. 2013 European Federation of Internal Medicine. CONTROLLED TERM: Medical Descriptors: aged article chronic kidney failure clinical article *comorbidity diabetes mellitus disease course *diverticulitis: DT, drug therapy emergency ward female heart disease *home care hospital admission hospital discharge hospitalization human male outcome assessment professional practice prospective study *senescence treatment duration CONTROLLED TERM: Drug Descriptors: amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid: DT, drug therapy amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid: PO, oral drug administration antibiotic agent: DT, drug therapy antibiotic agent: IV, intravenous drug administration beta lactam: EC, endogenous compound ertapenem: DT, drug therapy SUPPLEMENTARY TERM: Diverticulitis; Ertapenem; Hospital at home CAS REGISTRY NO.: (amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid) 74469-00-4, 79198-29-1; (ertapenem) 153773-82-1, 153832-38-3, 153832-46-3
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10 Embase DISPLAY TRIAL
TI Controlled multiplex PCR of enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens strains in food samples. CT Medical Descriptors: article bacterial infection: DI, diagnosis bacterium culture clinical trial *clostridium perfringens controlled study food food contamination *food poisoning: DI, diagnosis gene immunodiffusion meat nonhuman nucleotide sequence *polymerase chain reaction priority journal standard CT Drug Descriptors: alpha toxin ampli taq bacterial DNA DNA polymerase enterotoxin unclassified drug RN (DNA polymerase) 37217-33-7 CN (1) ampli taq CO (1) Perkin Elmer (Germany) NP (1) ABI 373A; (2) ABI 380A CO (1) Applied Biosystems (Germany) ; (2) Applied Biosystems (Germany) GEN EMBL M98037 referred number DISPLAY of a Conference Review
AN 0050779249 EMBASE TI Abstracts Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. SO Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, (June 2012) Vol. 28, No. 6, Supp. SUPPL. 1. Abstract Number: SS-01. Meeting Info: 31st Annual Meeting of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. Orlando, FL, United States. 17 May 2012-19 May 2012 ISSN: 0749-8063 PB W.B. Saunders. DT Journal; Conference; (Conference Review) FS CONF LA English ED Entered STN: Sep 2012 Last Updated on STN: Sep 2012 AB The proceedings contain 77 papers. The topics discussed include: arthroscopic treatment of labral tears in acetabular dysplasia: the role of the tonnis angle and its effect on the outcomes; osteoplasty for cam type impingement is more accurate when performed open than arthroscopic; traction injury risk in hip arthroscopy-duration or amount? an intraoperative nerve monitoring study; arthroscopic iliopsoas tendon release in the treatment of internal snapping hip; hip arthroscopy in the older patient; full arthroscopic TFCC repair: seven years experience and comparison of two methods; arthroscopic wrist debridement and radial styloidectomy for late-stage scapholunate advanced collapse wrist; arthroscopic tennis elbow release: outcomes correlated to associated lesions; arthroscopic tennis elbow release: outcomes correlated to associated lesions; and osteochondral lesions of the talus: a ten-year prospective clinical experience. January 2014 EXPAND in /CT field (Subheadings included)
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