WorksheetsPICO/Lit Search
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 2mins
A doctor calls your pharmacy to get guidance on dosing amoxicillin for a pediatric patient. What is the best resource to find this information?
PubMed
Access Pharmacy
Lexicomp
CINAHL
Which of the following is considered primary literature?
Feldberg J, Patel P, Farrell A, et al. A systematic review of direct oral anticoagulant use in chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2019;34(2):265-277. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfy031
Goldberg AC, Leiter LA, Stroes ESG, et al. Effect of Bempedoic Acid vs Placebo Added to Maximally Tolerated Statins on Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Patients at High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: The CLEAR Wisdom Randomized Clinical Trial [published correction appears in JAMA. 2020 Jan 21;323(3):282]. JAMA. 2019;322(18):1780-1788. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.16585
DiPiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, Matzke GR, Wells BG, Posey L. eds. Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 10e. McGraw Hill; 2017. Accessed January 19, 2022.
https://accesspharmacy-mhmedical-com.libproxy.unm.edu/content.aspx?bookid=1861§ionid=146028752
Lexicomp
Identify the C (PICO) in the following question: In adult women with hepatitis B, how does acetaminophen compared to ibuprofen affect liver function?
Adult women
Acetaminophen
Liver function
Ibuprofen
What does the O in PICO stand for?
Organization
Outcome
Objective
Observation
What is the purpose of PICO?
Frames your research questions with effective searching in mind
Guides the development of a research study
Provides a method for critiquing journal articles
Establishes standards for meta analysis and systematic reviews
