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...
by emottawa | Oct 27, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 ProCESS Investigators N Engl J Med. 2014 May 1;370(18):1683-93. Abstract Link This large multicentre U.S. RCT of 1341 septic patients found no significant differences in mortality...
