Are you aware of a single character wildcard character that works in the new Pubmed, not Ovid—
Answer
Truncating search terms
To search for all terms that begin with a word, enter the word followed by an asterisk (*): the wildcard character.
To search for a phrase including a truncated term, use the following formats:
- Enclose the phrase in double quotes: "breast feed*"
- Use a search tag: breast feed*[tiab]
- Use a hyphen: breast-feed*
At least four characters must be provided in the truncated term.
The truncated term must be the last word in the phrase.
Truncation turns off automatic term mapping and the process that includes the MeSH term and any specific terms indented under that term in the MeSH hierarchy. For example, heart attack* will not map to the MeSH term Myocardial Infarction or include any of the more specific terms, e.g., Myocardial Stunning; Shock, Cardiogenic.