by emottawa | Jan 19, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Rubertsson S, Lindgren E, Smekal D, Östlund O, Silfverstolpe J, Lichtveld RA, Boomars R, Ahlstedt B, Skoog G, Kastberg R, Halliwell D, Box M, Herlitz J, Karlsten R. JAMA. 2014...
by emottawa | Jan 12, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Freedman SB, Uleryk E, Rumantir M, Finkelstein Y. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Jul;64(1):19-25.e6. Article Link This retrospective review of adverse drug reaction (ADR) registries and...
by emottawa | Jan 5, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Chatterjee S, Chakraborty A, Weinberg I, Kadakia M, Wilensky RL, Sardar P, Kumbhani DJ, Mukherjee D, Jaff MR, Giri J. JAMA. 2014 Jun 18;311(23):2414-21. Article Link This...
by emottawa | Dec 22, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Margaretten ME, Kohlwes J, Moore D, Bent S. JAMA. 2007 Apr 4;297(13):1478-88. Abstract Link This 2007 systematic review found that (aside from specific clinical scenarios),...
by emottawa | Dec 15, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 PEITHO Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 10;370(15):1402-11. Article Link This multicentre double blind RCT focused on patients with submassive pulmonary embolism and the use of...
by emottawa | Dec 8, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Righini M, et al. JAMA. 2014 Mar 19;311(11):1117-24 Full Article This prospective multicenter European prospective cohort study found that using age-adjusted...
by emottawa | Dec 1, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Kline JA, et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2008 May;6(5):772-80. Full Article In this prospective multicenter validation study, the PERC rule was found to have a sensitivity of 97.4% (CI...
by emottawa | Nov 17, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Jabre P, et al. N Engl J Med. 2013 Mar 14;368(11):1008-18 Article Link This out of hospital, French randomized controlled trial found that when family members were given the option of viewing ongoing...
by emottawa | Nov 12, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Scheuermeyer FX, Innes G, Grafstein E, Kiess M, Boychuk B, Yu E, Kalla D, Christenson J. Ann Emerg Med. 2012 Apr;59(4):256-264.e3. Abstract Link This prospective single-centre...
by emottawa | Nov 3, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Sprung CL, et al. CORTICUS Study Group. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 10;358(2):111-24 Article Link This Multicenter, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled RCT...
