by emottawa | Sep 24, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Galvagno SM Jr, Haut ER, Zafar SN, Millin MG, Efron DT, Koenig GJ Jr, Baker SP, Bowman SM, Pronovost PJ, Haider AH. JAMA 2012 Apr 18;307(15):1602-10. Article Link This...
by emottawa | Sep 18, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Quant EC, et. al 2009;339:b3354. Methods: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Article Link This high quality meta-analysis demonstrated that the addition of antivirals to steroids did not result in any additional benefit in achieving at least...
by EMOttawa | Sep 12, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Mayer SA, Brun NC, Begtrup K, Broderick J, Davis S, Diringer MN, et al. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 15;358(20):21 27–37. Article Link This industry sponsored, international multicentre RCT involved 841 patients with acute ICH and found...
by EMOttawa | Sep 3, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Sprung CL, Annane D, Keh D, Moreno R, Singer M, Freivogel K, et al. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan.10;358(2):111–24. Article Link This European multicentre RCT compared hydrocortisone to placebo for 499 ICU patients with septic shock and...