Performance of 4 clinical decision rules in the diagnostic management of acute pulmonary embolism: a prospective cohort study
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Douma RA, Mos IC, et al. Prometheus Study Group. Article Link This European study directly... Read more.
Association Between helicopter vs Ground Emergency Medical Services and Survival for Adult with Major Trauma
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Galvagno SM Jr, Haut ER, Zafar SN, Millin MG, Efron DT, Koenig... Read more.
The benefits of steroids versus steroids plus antivirals for treatment of Bell’s palsy: a meta-analysis.
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... Read more.
Does this adult patient have septic arthritis?
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Margaretten ME, Kohlwes J, Moore D, Bent S. JAMA. 2007Apr.4;297(13):1478–88. Article Link This systematic overview from... Read more.
Safety and Efficacy of Hydromorphone as an Analgesic Alternative to Morphine in Acute Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Andrew K Chang, Polly E Bijur, Robert H Meyer, Mark K Kenny, Clemencia Solorzano, and E John Gallagher PubMed Link This... Read more.
International collaborative systematic review of controlled clinical trials on pharmacologic treatments for acute pericarditis and its recurrences
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Lotrionte M, Biondi-Zoccai G, Imazio M, Castagno D, Moretti C, Abbate A, Agostoni P, Brucato AL,... Read more.
Sublingual buprenorphine in acute pain management: a double-blind randomized clinical trial
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Jalili M, Fathi M, Moradi-Lakeh M, Zehtabchi S. Ann Emerg Med. 2012 Apr;59(4):276-80. PubMed Link... Read more.
Four sensitive screening tools to detect cognitive dysfunction in geriatric emergency department patients: brief alzheimer’s screen, short blessed test, Ottawa 3DY and the caregiver-completed AD8
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5 Usefulness: 3.5 Carpenter CR, Bassett ER, Fischer GM, Shirshekan J, Galvin JE, Morris JC.
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Induction of prehospital therapeutic hypothermia after resuscitation from nonventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Bernard SA, Smith K, Cameron P, Masci K, Taylor DM, Cooper DJ, Kelly AM, Silvester W; Rapid Infusion... Read more.
Validation and Refinement of a Rule to Predict Emergency Intervention in Adult Trauma Patients
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 1.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Haukoos JS, Byyny RL, Erickson C, Paulson S, Hopkins E, Sasson C, Bender B, Gravitz CS, Vogel JA,... Read more.