IDIS/Web Tips and News
Adverse Effects, Drug-Induced
AHRQ Documents
Allergenic Immunotherapy
Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Continuing Education Credit
Editorials
Erratum
Failed Logins
FDA Advisory Committee Meetings
Guideline Adherence
Immunization
Lactation
Letters to the Editor
Logging Off
NICE Documents
Pharmacoeconomics
Population Tags
Search Strategy Assistance
Teaching with IDIS
Topic Suggestions
Vaccines and Cancer
Adverse Effects, Drug-Induced
When searching for a specific drug-induced adverse effect, combine a drug term in the Drug field with a free-text truncated keyword in the Title or Abstract fields, e.g. Drug: clozapine, Title or Abstract: "agranulocy*".
If this does not find the information you want, try a broader search by combining the drug term with an appropriate side effect descriptor, e.g. Drug: clozapine, Descriptor: "SIDE EF HEMIC LYMPHATIC 83".
A common mistake when searching for drug-induced adverse effects is using the Disease field to search for the specific disease or condition induced by the drug. Combining drug and disease search terms pulls articles in which the drug was used to treat the specified disease or was used in a patient with that disease.
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AHRQ Documents
Searching the Journal field with AHRQ EVID REP or AHRQ COMP EFF REV will retrieve Evidence Reports or Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (respectively). Searching with only AHRQ in the Journal field will pull both AHRQ Evidence Reports and AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. These are high-quality systematic evidence-based reviews sponsored by the United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). AHRQ is the lead Federal agency for the United States research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety.
Allergenic Immunotherapy
Articles related to immunotherapy in the context of allergenic desensitization are indexed under DESENSITIZATION, ALLERGEN V07.1 not PROPHYLAXIS, IMMUNOTHERAPY V07.2.
Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Complementary and alternative medicine articles are indexed in the database and can be found by searching a specific herbal or one of the following drug terms: CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES 92510129 , HERBAL MEDICINES 92510000, HOMEOPATHIC PREPARATIONS 92000210 when the article does not focus not on a specific herbal product.
Continuing Education Credit
Did you know that we have continuing education credit available for Pharmacists via our quarterly World of Drug Information newsletter? Our newsletter archive is found at World of Drug Information or you can search the IDIS database with Descriptor: CE CREDIT PHARMACY 147 and Journal: WORLD DRUG INFO.
Editorials
How do I limit my search to editorials?
To limit a search to editorials, include "editorial" in the Author field.
Erratum
How can I find if an article has an erratum or other type of correction?
The IDIS database allows you to find corrections to the original articles already in the database. The corrections are submitted by the original author(s) or the journal publisher. Articles that contain corrections have "CORRIGENDUM Z100." as an IDIS disease term. The corrigendum term includes articles that are erratum, addendum, retraction or note of plagiarism. The type of correction is listed in the title field followed by the article number for the original article or correction.
For example:
Article Number: 384000
Title: THE BRITISH GUIDELINES ON ASTHMA MANAGEMENT. 1995 REVIEW AND POSITION STATEMENT (ERRATUM)
(MN 389227)
In this example the original article is 384000 and the erratum is article 389227.
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Failed Logins
If you are experiencing large numbers of failed login attempts on your IDIS/Web account you may increase the number of concurrent users on your license at any time during the year. Simply contact our office for a quotation at idis@uiowa.edu.
FDA Advisory Committee Meetings
FDA Advisory Committee meeting documents may be found by searching Descriptor: FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE 164.
Advisory committees often review and discuss the pivotal drug trial(s) of investigational new drugs and submit their opinion of the safety and efficacy of the drug to the FDA. Meetings discussing post-marketing safety and efficacy of FDA Approved drugs are also common.
Briefing Information from Drug Sponsor, Briefing Information from FDA, Transcript and Slides, Summary Minutes, and Notice of Meeting are the most common documents made available from an FDA Advisory Committee meeting.
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Guideline Adherence
Articles concerning adherence to guidelines, or use of guidelines, are indexed with the combination of descriptors GUIDELINES 156 and DRUG UTILIZATION 128. To retrieve these articles, either enter the descriptor numbers into the Descriptor field (156 and 128), or use the Look Up button to select and submit these descriptors.
Immunization
Articles related to both active and passive immunization are included in the database.
Active immunization:
A Thesaurus search conducted with the term “active immunization” leads to the defined
disease term "INOCULATION AND VACCINATION 99.3" A search combining "INOCULATION AND
VACCINATION 99.3" and a defined disease term for a specific infection and the Boolean operator
"and" in the Disease field retrieves articles related to immuno-preventive therapy for a
specific infection, Example: Disease field: "INOCULATION AND VACCINATION 99.3"
and "HEPATITIS, VIRAL B 070.2"
Passive Immunization:
A Thesaurus search conducted with the term "passive immunization" leads to the defined
disease term "PROPHYLAXIS, IMMUNOTHERAPY V07.2". A search combining "PROPHYLAXIS,
IMMUNOTHERAPY V07.2" and a defined disease term for a specific infection and the Boolean
operator "and" in the Disease field retrieves articles related to passive
immunization therapy for a specific infection,
Example: Disease field: "PROPHYLAXIS, IMMUNOTHERAPY V07.2" and
"HEPATITIS, VIRAL B 070.2"
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Lactation
How do I search for articles about drugs used in lactation?
To search for articles about drugs used in lactation, enter the valid drug term(s) in the Drug field and use the LACTATING MOTHER V24.1 check tag in the Disease field.
Letters to the Editor
How do I limit my search to letters to the editor?
To limit a search to letters to the editor, include “letter to ed” in the Title field.
Logging Off
Remember to click on the "log off" icon on the top right corner of the IDIS/Web search screen before closing your web browser. If you forget to log off, the system will timeout the connection after 20 minutes of inactivity.
NICE Documents
Searching the Journal field with NICE CLIN GUIDEL or NICE TECHNOL APPRAISAL GUID will retrieve Clinical Guidelines or Technology Appraisal Guidance (respectively). Searching with only NICE in the Journal field will retrieve both NICE Clinical Guidelines and NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance documents . These are high-quality systematic evidence-based reviews from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). NICE guidance is developed using the expertise of the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales and the wider healthcare community including NHS staff, healthcare professionals, patients and carers, industry and the academic world.
Pharmacoeconomics
How can I find articles that deal with the economic issues of drug therapy?
Six economic outcome descriptors were added to the IDIS database in November 1993. The
descriptors are listed below:
ECON DRUG ECONOMICS 129
ECON COST BENEFIT 130
ECON COST EFFECTIVENESS 131
ECON COST MINIMIZATION 132
ECON COST OF ILLNESS 133
ECON COST UTILITY 134
The economics descriptor terms begin with "ECON" followed by the study type.
The pharmacoeconomics definitions are based on the criteria of Luce & Elixhauser and consider drug
intervention cost and consequence measurements. Intervention costs are measured in monetary values,
but the measurement of the consequences differentiates the study types. Detailed definitions for
each economics descriptor may be found in Descriptor Definitions, a link on the left-hand
side of the main search screen.
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Population Tags
Use of "population tags" will limit a search to articles relating to drug use in a particular population, such as in pregnancy, in athletes or in a particular age group. Enter the relevant tag into the Disease field of the search screen.
The population tags are:
V22. Pregnancy NEC
V28. Fetus: Conception < age < Birth
V39. Neonate: Birth < age < 4 wks
V85. Pediatric: 4 wks < age < 12 yrs
V21.1 Puberty and Adolescence: 12 yrs < age < 19 yrs
V86. Geriatric: age > 65yrs
V87. Race
V88. Athlete
Search Strategy Assistance
Would you like assistance with developing your search strategy within IDIS/Web? Please do not hesitate to contact our office at 1-800-525-4347 or idis@uiowa.edu. One of our Pharmacists would be happy to help!
Teaching with IDIS
Would you like to utilize the IDIS Database for teaching students? Current subscribers may request additional concurrent users for a limited time period at no additional cost, when using IDIS/Web for training or teaching purposes in a classroom setting. Simply notify our office in advance to make arrangements. You can send us an email with the date and number of seats needed for your class at idis@uiowa.edu.
Topic Suggestions
Do you have a topic area or descriptor that you would like to see covered in IDIS/Web? Send us an email at idis@uiowa.edu or call 1-800-525-4347 with your suggestion. We would be happy to evaluate your request to see if it meets our criteria.
Vaccines and Cancer
Articles related to the use of vaccines in the treatment of cancer (BCG vaccine for bladder neoplasm for example) can be retrieved by conducting a search with the defined disease term corresponding to the neoplasm in the disease field and the defined drug term corresponding to the vaccine in the drug field without the disease term INOCULATION AND VACCINATION 99.3. This disease term is reserved for a true vaccine with a focus on the prevention of disease.
