AMED

The AMED Thesaurus (Controlled Term=CT) contains approx. 3,000 descriptors in English language. Many of these terms are derived from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) of the US National Library of Medicine, which are used to index citations for the MEDLARS databases (e.g. MEDLINE). Please notice the following differences in AMED:

• No hierarchical searches (explosions) and no qualifications with subheadings possible.
• DISEASE or DISEASES in the end of a descriptor is truncated to DIS. DISEASE(S) in the middle of a descriptor is not abbreviated, e.g.: FIBROCYSTIC DISEASE OF BREAST
• In inverted forms of descriptors the comma is omitted, e.g.: MeSH: PLANTS, MEDICINAL; AMED: PLANTS MEDICINAL
• Apostrophies and hyphens are omitted, e.g.: MeSH: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE; AMED: ALZHEIMER DIS
• Descriptors in addition to MeSH are used, e.g.: BACH FLOWER REMEDIES
• Not all descriptors in MeSH are used.
• Please notice in German titles and names of authors the following spelling of the Umlaute: ä ---> a; ö ---> o; ü---> u

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Controlled Term (CT) (AMED Thesaurus, which is based on MeSH; please see Special Features)
Language: English

Uncontrolled Term (UT)
Language: English

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Search profiles can be formulated using controlled terms (CT), uncontrolled terms (UT) or the basic index (freetext). After a freetext search (e.g. FIND phytotherapie) the use of the EX-command (EX F=CT) is helpful to find relevant controlled terms for the search. Controlled terms may be weighted by the qualifier /W=1 in order to retrieve citations in which the respective terms describe main aspects (indicated in the record by /*). For special subjects (e.g. single medicinal plants) it is more likely to find a descriptor in the uncontrolled vocabulary than in the controlled one. In various cases it is also necessary to perform searches in the basic index.

Subject: Phytotherapy in vascular diseases

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Subject: Holistic therapy in cancer

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2/1 of 1 DIMDI: AMED (CB85) © THE BRITISH LIBRARY 2009

ND:	CB0066363
AU:	Prentice WM; Roth LJ; Kelly P
TI:	Topical benzydamine cream and the relief of pressure pain
SO:	Palliat Med; VOL: 18 (6); p. 520-4 /2004/
LA:	English
ISSN:	0269-2163
DT:	Randomized Controlled Trial; Clinical Trial
CT:	ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENTS/*; DECUBITUS ULCER/*; PAIN MEASUREMENT/*; PALLIATIVE TREATMENT; HOSPICE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES
UT:	benzydamine
AB:	Objective: To determine whether topical benzydamine hydrochloride 3% cream is more effective than placebo in reducing pain related to pressure areas in palliative care patients. Design: Randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Setting: Three specialist palliative care units in the north of England, with local ethical committee approval for all sites. Subjects: Hospice in-patients with pain related to pressure areas. Interventions: A single application of either benzydamine hydrochloride 3% cream or placebo cream to the painful pressure area. Main outcome measures: Pain assessed using 100 mm VAS, an 11point numerical pain score and a five-point pain relief score. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between topical benzydamine hydrochloride 3% cream and placebo cream in reducing pain related to pressure areas in palliative care patients. Conclusions: This study does not demonstrate a statistically significant difference between the two treatments. However the study does provide reliable information with respect to the use of different pain measurement tools in late-stage palliative patients. It also provides information regarding the baseline characteristics of this group of patients which may be useful in the planning of any future similar studies.
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