Lactate Clearance vs Central Venous Oxygen Saturation as Goals of Early Sepsis Therapy: a Randomized Clinical Trial
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Jones AE, Shapiro NI, Trzeciak S, Arnold RC, Claremont HA, Kline... Read more.
Oral Dimenhydrinate versus Placebo in Children with Gastroenteritis: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Gouin S, Vo TT, Roy M, Lebel D, Gravel J. Pediatrics. 2012 Jun;129(6):1050-5.... Read more.
Diuretic Strategies in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Felker GM, et al. NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 3;364(9):797-805... Read more.
Subclinical cerebral edema in children with diabetic ketoacidosis randomized to 2 different rehydration protocols
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Glaser NS, Wootton-Gorges SL, Buonocore MH, Tancredi DJ, Marcin JP, Caltagirone R, Lee Y,... Read more.
Fibrinolysis or Primary PCI in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Armstrong PW, et al. STREAM Investigative Team. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 11;368(15):1379-87 ... Read more.
Moderate Pulmonary Embolism Treated With Thrombolysis (from the “MOPETT” Trial)
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 1.5/5 Sharifi M, Bay C, Skrocki L, Rahimi F, Mehdipour M; “MOPETT”... Read more.
Cast versus splint in children with minimally angulated fractures of the distal radius: a randomized controlled trial.
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Boutis K, Willan A, Babyn P, Goeree R, Howard A. CMAJ. 2010 Oct... Read more.
Ability of emergency ultrasonography to detect pediatric skull fractures: a prospective, observational study
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Parri N, Crosby BJ, Glass C, Mannelli F,... Read more.
Epinephrine and Dexamethasone in Children with Bronchiolitis
() Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Plint AC, Johnson DW, Patel H, Wiebe N, Correll R, Brant R, Mitton C, Gouin... Read more.
Meta-analysis: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Biliary Colic
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Colli A, Conte D, Valle SD, Sciola V, Fraquelli M. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Jun;35(12):1370-8 Abstract... Read more.