by Hans Rosenberg | Dec 16, 2019 | Full Article, Journal Club, Neurosurgery, Resuscitation, Trauma
Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Cooper DJ, et al. JAMA. 2018;320(21):2211-2220. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.17075 Question/Methods: This study was done to determine the effectiveness of early prophylactic hypothermia compared with normothermic management of...
by Hans Rosenberg | Dec 2, 2019 | Journal Club, Orthopedics, Orthopedics, Trauma
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Kortekangas T, et al. BMJ. 2019 Jan 23;364:k5432 Question and Methods: This is a pragmatic, randomized, controlled trial to determine if 3 weeks of immobilization (in cast or orthosis) is non-inferior to usual treatment (6 weeks cast...
by Krishan Yadav | Nov 7, 2019 | Featured, Journal Club, Trauma
Dr. Krishan Yadav is an FRCPC Emergency Medicine Physician with a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology, and here he helps to provide some great insights and opinions into the recently published CRASH-3 trial. Tranexamic Acid (TXA) TXA is an inexpensive and readily...
by Hans Rosenberg | Oct 14, 2019 | ENT, Journal Club
Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Akkan S, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 Jul;74(1):72-78 Question and Methods: Prospective RCT comparing compression with saline, compression with tranexamic acid, and nasal packing with merocel for anterior epistaxis....
by Hans Rosenberg | Oct 7, 2019 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Journal Club, landmark, Resuscitation
Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Lemkes JS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Apr 11;380(15):1397-1407. Editorial: Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest – The Right Timing or the Right Patients? Question and Methods: Patients with out-of-hospital...
by Hans Rosenberg | Sep 30, 2019 | Journal Club, Radiology, Trauma
Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 2.5/5 Macri F, Greffier J, Khasanova E, Claret PG, Bastide S, Larbi A, Bobbia X, Pereira FR, de la Coussaye JE, Beregi JP. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 Jun;73(6):665-670. Question and Methods: This 160-patient pilot study prospectively compared...
by Hans Rosenberg | Aug 19, 2019 | Journal Club, OBGYN, Thrombosis
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5 /5 van der Pol LM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Mar 21;380(12):1139-1149 Question and Methods: Using a prospective cohort study of 510 pregnant women, the authors were trying to see whether an algorithm...
by Hans Rosenberg | Aug 12, 2019 | Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Respirology
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Prins HJ, et al. Eur Respir J. 2019 May 23;53(5). Question and Methods: The CATCH Study was a multicentre, randomised, controlled open intervention clinical trial comparing CRP guided antibiotics for...
by Hans Rosenberg | Jul 29, 2019 | Journal Club, Neurology
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2.5/5 Ma H, et al N Engl J Med. 2019 May 9;380(19):1795-1803 Editorial: Image-Guided Intravenous Alteplase for Stroke – Shattering a Time Window. Question and Methods: This was an international, multicenter,...
by Hans Rosenberg | Jul 15, 2019 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Journal Club Summary Casey JD, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Feb 28;380(9):811-821. Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Question and Methods: Multicenter, unblinded RCT in 7 ICUs comparing rates of hypoxia in patients undergoing BVM vs no ventilation during...
