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Review Articles

If you are still interested in more background information on your question, and have already checked the textbooks and point-of-care-tools, you can also run a search in PubMed to find review articles.

Review articles give overviews of relatively specific topics in varying levels of detail. However, they vary in quality, which is why it's best to search other sources of background information first.

In the example below, take note that...

  • The search query is very simple: keep your search to essential keywords
  • Limit your results to Review by using the article types filter on the left of the results page.

Screenshot of results page in PubMed with Review filter on. Pericarditis is in the search bar, and the Review article type filter is highlighted on the left column.