3 Your Question
Situation:
For the purpose of this tutorial, pretend that you’ve been asked to review the existing literature about topical application of celebrex/celecoxib to treat or prevent scar formation.
PubMed Search:
You, like many healthcare professionals and students, are used to searching PubMed so you begin your search for relevant journal articles in PubMed. You quickly construct the following MeSH-based search of PubMed:
“Celecoxib”[Mesh] AND “Administration, Topical”[Mesh] AND “Cicatrix”[Mesh]
Click on the link (the search strategy) and, if necessary, pull the new tab or window onto your working window to see the results of this search. (You will have a chance to review the process of constructing a PubMed MeSH search during the next tutorial.)
As of January 2025, this search retrieved two records. When results of a drug-related search are less abundant than hoped, an EMBASE search is worth a try.