by emottawa | Dec 7, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Appelboam A, Reuben A, Mann C, et al. Lancet. 2015 Aug 24. pii: S0140-6736(15)61485-4. Full Article The REVERT trial, a pragmatic, multicenter RCT evaluating the efficacy of a...
by emottawa | Nov 30, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Reichlin T, Twerenbold R, Wildi K, et al. CMAJ May 19, 2015 187:E243-E252; Full Article This multicenter study aiming to prospectively validate a 1 hour algorithm using a high sensitivity...
by emottawa | Nov 23, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Pecard R, Starr K, MacLennan G, Lam T, et al. Published Online May 19, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60933-3 Full Article This high quality multicenter, randomized,...
by emottawa | Nov 17, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Arora S, Burner E, Terp S, Nok Lam C, Nercisian A, Bhatt V, Menchine M. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Jan;22(1):31-7. Full Article In this single-center, open label RCT of 374 patients, a per-protocol...
by emottawa | Nov 9, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Rahimi RS, Singal AG, Cuthbert JA, Rockey DC. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Nov;174(11):1727-33 Full Article Editorial: Polyethylene Glycol for Hepatic Encephalopathy Polyethylene A New...
by emottawa | Nov 3, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Kaukonen KM, Bailey M, Pilcher D, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 23;372(17):1629-38. Full Article This retrospective multicenter study found that the use of SIRS criteria to define...
by EMOttawa | Oct 26, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Motov S, Rockoff B, Cohen V, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Mar 26. pii: S0196-0644(15)00191-2. Abstract Link This prospective, RCT found sub-dissociative ketamine (0.3mg/kg) and...
by emottawa | Oct 20, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Menon BK, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 12;372(11):1019-30 Full Article This multi-centre open label RCT compared endovascular treatment +/- tPA vs. standard...
by emottawa | Oct 12, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Holcomb JB, Tilley BC, Baraniuk S, et al. JAMA. 2015 Feb 3;313(5):471-82. Full Article This prospective multicenter randomized control trial found that there was no statistically...
by emottawa | Oct 5, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Perry, Jeffrey J. et al. Full Article This prospective observational cohort study identified a cutoff as 2000 x 106/L RBC on the final CSF tube and no xanthochromia as a...