Restriction of Intravenous Fluid in ICU Patients with Septic Shock
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Meyhoff TS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jun 30;386(26):2459-2470. Question and Methods: International, stratified, parallel group... Read more.
Acetazolamide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload
Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 (Emergency) 4/5 (Internal medicine) Mullens W, et al. N Engl J Me... Read more.
Blood-Pressure Targets in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Kjaergaard J, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Oct 20;387(16):1456-1466. Question and Methods: This was a double-blind, randomized tri... Read more.
Accuracy of Ultrasound Jugular Venous Pressure Height in Predicting Central Venous Congestion
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 1.5/5 Wang L, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Mar;175(3):344-351. Question and Methods: Using a convenience sample of 100 patients out... Read more.
Intranasal Topical Application of Tranexamic Acid in Atraumatic Anterior Epistaxis: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Hosseinialhashemi M, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Sep;80(3):182-188. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.04.010. Question and methods... Read more.
Immobilisation of torus fractures of the wrist in children (FORCE): a randomised controlled equivalence trial in the UK.
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4.5/5 Perry DC, et al. Lancet. 2022 Jul 2;400(10345):39-47. Question and Methods: This large, multicentre, pragmatic RCT aimed to ... Read more.
Thromboembolic events following cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation and flutter: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wong BM, et al. CJEM. 2021 Jul;23(4):500-511. Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Question and Methods: Systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 studies to ev... Read more.
Evaluation of bedside sonography performed by emergency physicians to detect intussusception in children in the emergency department
Tonson la Tour A, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Aug;28(8):866-872. Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Question and Methods: This prospective cohort study tried to i... Read more.
Intravenous tenecteplase compared with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke in Canada (AcT): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, registry-linked, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial
Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 5/5 Menon BK, et al. Lancet. 2022 Jul 16;400(10347):161-169. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01054-6. Question and Methods: This multi... Read more.
Call for interest – uOttawa Dept Emergency Medicine Medical Education Researcher
The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at the University of Ottawa is seeking an innovative Medical Education Researcher, to join our world-class rese... Read more.