Medical literature search for European healthcare professionals

Search peer-reviewed medical literature with a clinical question. Get a cited summary of what the published research reports, with every claim anchored to a paper you can audit in one click.

What medical literature search means

Medical literature search is the work of finding the published evidence relevant to a clinical topic and reading what the research actually says, rather than relying on memory, a single guideline, or the first result on a generic search engine. Done well, it is slow: locate the right index, run the right keywords, sift through dozens of abstracts, retrieve the full text, and read with care.

eUvidence is a medical literature search tool that compresses this loop. You ask a question about a clinical topic in natural language; the system retrieves the relevant peer-reviewed papers, extracts the passages that bear on the question, and returns a cited summary. The reference list stays visible alongside the synthesis so you can verify any sentence against its source.

How eUvidence differs from a generic search engine

A generic search engine indexes the open web. The first page of results for a clinical query is a mix of patient-information sites, pharmaceutical marketing pages, low-quality blogs, and the occasional journal article. Quality control rests with the reader.

eUvidence restricts its corpus to peer-reviewed medical journals and European regulatory and HTA references. Pre-prints, conference abstracts surfaced as primary evidence, and pharmaceutical marketing content are excluded. Every claim in a generated summary cites a specific paper from the corpus, and the reference list is one click away.

What you can search for

eUvidence is built for clinical-topic queries: comparisons of therapeutic options reported in trials, the evidence base behind a guideline recommendation, the trial design and outcomes of a specific intervention, the state of the evidence in a fast-moving subfield. The system is calibrated for clinical literature questions, not for individual patient cases. If a question references a specific patient, the response addresses the underlying clinical topic and the literature on it, not the case itself.

Verifiable citations, every claim

The synthesis layer is bound to its sources. Each sentence in a generated summary carries an inline citation marker, such as [1] or [2,3], that links to a specific paper in the reference list rendered alongside the answer. Paper metadata (title, journal, year, DOI) is visible without leaving the page. Clicking a citation marker scrolls and flashes the corresponding reference card. The full source paper is one DOI click away.

Frequently asked questions

What is a medical literature search tool?

A medical literature search tool finds and synthesises evidence from published peer-reviewed research in response to a clinical topic query. Unlike a generic search engine, it constrains its corpus to peer-reviewed medical journals and returns answers that cite the underlying papers directly. eUvidence is a medical literature search tool for verified European healthcare professionals.

How is eUvidence different from PubMed?

PubMed is a database you search by keyword and read abstracts. eUvidence is a literature search and synthesis tool: you ask a question in natural language about a clinical topic, and you get a cited summary of what the underlying peer-reviewed papers report, with inline citation markers pointing back to each source. PubMed remains the canonical index; eUvidence sits on top of similar indexed content and adds the synthesis layer.

Are the sources peer-reviewed only?

Yes. The corpus is restricted to peer-reviewed journals indexed via standard medical databases, plus European regulatory and HTA references (EMA, NICE, HAS, KCE). No preprints, no conference abstracts surfaced as primary evidence, no pharmaceutical marketing content.

Is this clinical decision support?

No. eUvidence is a literature search and synthesis tool. It is not a medical device under EU MDR, has not been certified, and does not provide clinical decision support, diagnosis, or treatment recommendations. Results are summaries of published research. Clinical decisions remain the sole responsibility of the treating physician.

Can I verify the citations?

Every sentence in a synthesised answer carries an inline citation marker, such as [1] or [2,3], pointing to the source paper. The reference list is shown alongside the answer with the paper title, journal, year, and DOI. You can open any source in one click and audit the claim against the underlying text.

Is the tool available in French?

Yes. The French version is at /fr/recherche-litterature-medicale, and the rest of the product (search, citations, reference list) works in French. Synthesis is generated in the language of the question.