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You can use the wildcard characters * and ? to broaden your search criteria.

*  indicates that any other text can replace the * to match the search.
The * usually follows your search term (without an intervening space),
but can also be used at the start or within a search term.
Examples: 
defib* will find defibrillate, defibrillator, defibrillation, etc.
*cardia will find tachycardia, bradycardia, etc.
*cardia*   will find tachycardia, bradycardia, tachycardias, bradycardias, cardiac, myocardial, etc.
hypo*mia     will find hypothermia, hypovolaemia, hypokalaemia, hypoxaemia, hypomagnesaemia, etc.
 
?  indicates that any single character can replace the ? to match the search.
The ? can appear anywhere within your search term (without an intervening space), and can be used several times within the search term as required.
Examples: 
?LS will find ALS, BLS, NLS, ILS, etc.
??LS   will find EPLS, PILS, ATLS, APLS, oils, etc.
m??imum   will find maximum, minimum
V?   will find VF, VT, vs, etc.
 
You can also use * and ? together in a single search term to create
more complex search criteria.
 
Wildcard characters cannot be used within double quotes as part of a search for a specific phrase.

 
 
 
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