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....
by emottawa | Oct 11, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Johnston SC, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 7;375(1):35-43. Full Article This large international double-blind double-dummy RCT across 33 countries and including 13,199 patients...
by emottawa | Oct 3, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Ortiz M, et al. Eur Heart J. 2016 Jun 28. pii: ehw230. [Epub ahead of print] Full Article This RCT of patients with tolerated wide complex tachycardia found that IV Procainamide...
by emottawa | Aug 22, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Shah, AS, et al. Lancet. 2015 Dec 19;386(10012):2481-8 Full Article Editorial:Myocardial infarction: rapid ruling out in the emergency room Cullen L, et al. Lancet. 2015 Dec...
by emottawa | Aug 15, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Siemieniuk RA, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2015;163(7):519-528. Abstract Link This is a well-done systematic review & meta-analysis elucidating whether corticosteroid therapy...
by emottawa | Aug 8, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Freedman, SB, et al. JAMA. 2016;315(18):1966-1974. Abstract Link This single centre, single blinded non-inferiority randomized controlled trial suggests that in children 6-60mo with...
by emottawa | Aug 1, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 2.2/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Laan DV,et al. Injury. 2016 Apr;47(4):797-804. Abstract Link This systematic review and meta-analysis has found that the 4th/5th intercostal space at the anterior axillary line has the lowest mean chest...
by emottawa | Jul 22, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.7/5 Martindale JL, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Mar;23(3):223-42 Abstract Link In patients presenting to the ED with undifferentiated dyspnea and a moderate pre-test probability of...
by emottawa | Jul 11, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Kudenchuk PJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 5;374(18):1711-22. Abstract Link This double blind RCT conducted by the ROC enrolled >3000 patients with out of hospital shock refractory cardiac...
by emottawa | Jun 6, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5 /5 Talan DA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 Mar 3;374(9):823-32 Abstract Link This RCT conducted at 5 US emergency departments including over 1200 outpatients aged over 12 years...
