by emottawa | Sep 21, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Abrahamian FM, Krishnadasan A, Mower WR, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Nov;62(5):526-33. Abstract Link Pyuria alone cannot be used to determine if UTI is present in patients with...
by emottawa | Sep 7, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Tsivgoulis G, Katsanos AH, Butcher KS, et al. Neurology. 2014 Oct 21;83(17):1523-9 Abstract Link This systematic review and meta-analysis of 4 RCTs found that mortality rates...
by emottawa | Aug 31, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Blum CA, Nigro N Briel M, et al. Lancet. 2015 Jan 16. pii: S0140-6736(14)62447-8. Abstract Link This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial demonstrated an improved time to ‘clinical...
by emottawa | Aug 17, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Nijman RG, et al. BMJ. 2013 Apr 2;346:f1706. Full Article This was a derivation, cross-validation, and external validation of a decision rule for the febrile pediatric patient to identify who is at...
by emottawa | Aug 10, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Florin TA, Shaw KN, Kittick M, Yakscoe S, Zorc JJ. JAMA Pediatr. 2014Jul;168(7):664-70. Full Article This single-centre triple-blinded study compared nebulized 3% saline (hypertonic) to 0.9%...
by emottawa | Jul 27, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Montalescot G, van ‘t Hof AW, Lapostolle F, et al. for the ATLANTIC Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 11;371(11):1016-27. Full Article This corporate-sponsored international, multicenter,...
by emottawa | Jul 20, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Orr SL, et al. Cephalalgia. 2014 May 29. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24875925 This Canadian Headache Society guideline for ED management of acute migraine gave a strong...
by emottawa | Jul 13, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Herbst MK, Rosenberg G, Daniels B, Gross CP, Singh D, Molinaro AM, Luty S, Moore CL. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Sep;64(3):269-76. Abstract Link This prospective study of ED patients...
by emottawa | Jul 6, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Abas MN, Tan PC, Azmi N, Omar SZ. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun;123(6):1272-9. Abstract Link This small RCT found that ondansetron was not superior in efficacy to metaclopramide for...
by emottawa | Jun 22, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Kim F, et al. JAMA. 2014 Jan 1;311(1):45-52. Full Article Editorial: Randomized Clinical Trial Progress to Inform Care for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Granger CB, Becker LB...