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PICO/Lit Search

Total questions: 5

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A doctor calls your pharmacy to get guidance on dosing amoxicillin for a pediatric patient. What is the best resource to find this information?

a)

PubMed

b)

Access Pharmacy 

c)

Lexicomp

d)

CINAHL

2.

 Which of the following is considered primary literature? 

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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&sectionid=146028752

d)

Lexicomp

3.

Identify the C (PICO) in the following question: In adult women with hepatitis B, how does acetaminophen compared to ibuprofen affect liver function?

a)

Adult women

b)

Acetaminophen

c)

Liver function

d)

Ibuprofen

4.

What does the O in PICO stand for?

a)

Organization

b)

Outcome

c)

Objective

d)

Observation 

5.

What is the purpose of PICO? 

a)

Frames your research questions with effective searching in mind 

b)

Guides the development of a research study 

c)

Provides a method for critiquing journal articles 

d)

Establishes standards for meta analysis and systematic reviews