by Hans Rosenberg | Apr 6, 2020 | Full Article, Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Respirology
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 2.5/5 Butler CC, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jul 11;381(2):111-120 Editorial: COPD Exacerbations – A Target for Antibiotic Stewardship. Question and Methods: This was a multicenter RCT to determine if POCT CRP testing vs usual care may help...
by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 23, 2020 | Cardiology, Featured, Journal Club, Thrombosis
Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Schüpke S, et al N Engl J Med. 2019 Oct 17;381(16):1524-1534. Editorial: Ticagrelor or Prasugrel in Acute Coronary Syndromes – The Winner Takes It All? Question and Methods: This open-label multicenter trial was the...
by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 16, 2020 | Critical Care, Infectious Disease, Journal Club
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Fujii T, et al. JAMA. 2020 Jan 17. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.22176. [Epub ahead of print] Editorial: Lack of Benefit of High-Dose Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Hydrocortisone Combination for Patients With Sepsis. Question and Methods:...
by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 9, 2020 | Cardiology, Journal Club
Methodology: 5/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Voskoboinik A, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jan 2;382(1):20-28. Editorial: A Sober Reality? Alcohol, Abstinence, and Atrial Fibrillation. Question/Methods: Among adults who consume ≥10 drinks/week with symptomatic paroxysmal or...
by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 2, 2020 | Journal Club, Neurology, Pediatrics
Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Kapur J et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 28;381(22):2103-2113. Question and Methods: A multicenter, randomized, blinded, comparative-effectiveness trial to determine the efficacy and safety of fosphenytoin, valproic acid...
by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 24, 2020 | Chronic Pain, Journal Club
Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 2.5 /5 Lumanauw DD, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 Sep;26(9):1044-1051. doi: 10.1111/acem.13755. Epub 2019 Apr 29. Question and Methods: A randomized placebo-controlled trial to determine if sub-dissociative dose Ketamine (SDDK) is effective...
by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 17, 2020 | Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Respirology
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Alexander E., et al. JAMA. 2019 Sep 27. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.15468. Editorial: Lefamulin-A New Antibiotic for Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Question and Methods: LEAP-2 was a phase 3, double-blinded RCT to determine non-inferiority...
by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 10, 2020 | Journal Club, Thrombosis
Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Kearon C, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 28;381(22):2125-2134 Question and Methods: the authors sought to demonstrate safety using a d-dimer cut-off of 1000ng/mL for low pre-test probability patients & a cut-off of...
by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 3, 2020 | Full Article, Journal Club, Trauma
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Sims CA, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019 Aug 28. Question and Methods: Single-centre, double-blind, randomized control trial to determine whether low-dose vasopressin decreases the need for blood product transfusion in trauma patients with...
by Shahbaz Syed | Jan 31, 2020 | Cardiology, Featured, Infographics, Journal Club
RAFF2 Ian Stiell and colleagues are back at it with atrial fibrillation; The RAFF2 trial (Electrical versus Chemical cardioversion for Emergency Department patients with Atrial Fibrillation (RAFF2); A partial factorial randomized trial) was published in The Lancet...
