by emottawa | Feb 6, 2017 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Motov S, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Dec 14. pii: S0196-0644(16)31244-6. Abstract Link This randomized, double-blind study of the analgesic efficacy of ketorolac at three...
by emottawa | Jan 30, 2017 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Jairath V, et al. Lancet. 2015 Jul 11;386(9989):137-44 Abstract Link This open label, cluster randomized feasibility trial based in six university hospitals in the United Kingdom...
by emottawa | Jan 23, 2017 | Journal Club
Summary Methodology Score: 2/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Narayana S, et al. Am J Med. 2015 Nov;128(11):1220-1224.e1. Abstract Link This review study looked at the diagnostic accuracy of physical exam findings for serious causes of red eye and...
by emottawa | Dec 21, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, et al. CMAJ. 2016 Sep 6;188(12):E289-98 Full Article This large multicenter prospective ED syncope study derived a methodologically robust risk tool for...
by emottawa | Dec 5, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Prandoni P, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 Oct 20;375(16):1524-1531. Full Article This cross-sectional multi-center study of Italian patients admitted after an ED presentation for...
by emottawa | Nov 28, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Gaspari R, et al. Resuscitation. 2016 Sep 28;109:33-39. Abstract Link This prospective, per-protocol observational study is now the largest study on the point of care ultrasound in cardiac arrest...
by emottawa | Nov 14, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Zemek R, et al. JAMA. 2016 Mar 8;315(10):1014-25. Full Article Editorial: Identifying Children and Adolescents at Risk for Persistent Postconcussion Symptoms. Babcock L, et al....
by emottawa | Nov 7, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Ventura AMC, et al. Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov;43(11):2292-302 Abstract Link This well designed RCT demonstrated that in fluid refractory pediatric septic shock, dopamine is...
by emottawa | Oct 31, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Seirink JC et al. Lancet. 2016 Aug 13;388(10045):673-83. Abstract Link This is a multicenter randomized control trial of over a thousand trauma patients at five Level 1 trauma centres in western...
by emottawa | Oct 24, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Pathan SA, et al. Lancet. 2016 May 14;387(10032):1999-2007 Abstract Link Editorial: Non-steroidalanti-inflammatory drugs for renal colic Knoedler JJ, et al....