by EMOttawa | Oct 26, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Motov S, Rockoff B, Cohen V, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Mar 26. pii: S0196-0644(15)00191-2. Abstract Link This prospective, RCT found sub-dissociative ketamine (0.3mg/kg) and...
by emottawa | Oct 20, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Menon BK, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 12;372(11):1019-30 Full Article This multi-centre open label RCT compared endovascular treatment +/- tPA vs. standard...
by emottawa | Oct 16, 2015 | Grand Round Summaries, Toxicology
This isn’t your parent’s marijuana, thats for sure. As we continue to develop as a species, individuals are continuously attempting to develop newer and greater drug highs. As a result, the toxicologic world is continuously expanding, and in...
by emottawa | Oct 12, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Holcomb JB, Tilley BC, Baraniuk S, et al. JAMA. 2015 Feb 3;313(5):471-82. Full Article This prospective multicenter randomized control trial found that there was no statistically...
by emottawa | Oct 5, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Perry, Jeffrey J. et al. Full Article This prospective observational cohort study identified a cutoff as 2000 x 106/L RBC on the final CSF tube and no xanthochromia as a...