by emottawa | Oct 20, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Chamberlain JM, et al; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). JAMA.2014 Apr 23-30;311(16):1652-60. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.2625. Full Article This double-blind, multi-center,...
by emottawa | Sep 30, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Leuppi JD, et al. JAMA. 2013 Jun 5;309(21):2223-31. Article Link This multicenter, double blinded trial demonstrated non-inferiority of a 5-day course of 40mg prednisone versus a...
by emottawa | Sep 22, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Caironi P, Tognoni G, et al. the ALBIOS Study Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2014 Mar 18. Abstract Link This was an open-label RCT of 1,800 ICU patients with severe sepsis or septic...
by emottawa | Sep 15, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Verhaegen J, Gallos ID, van Mello NM, Abdel-Aziz M, Takwoingi Y, Harb H, Deeks JJ, Mol BW, Coomarasamy A BMJ. 2012 Sep 27;345:e6077 Article Link This thorough and well performed...
by emottawa | Sep 8, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Aujesky D, et al. Lancet. 2011 Jul 2;378(9785):41-8. Abstract Link This open label, randomized, un-blinded, multi-centered trial compared inpatient vs. outpatient treatment of low-risk PE showed...
by emottawa | Sep 1, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Schortgen F, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 May 15;185(10):1088-95 Full Article This randomized, non-blinded trial found in an ICU population that external cooling in...
by EMOttawa | Aug 26, 2014 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Imazio M, et al. ICAP Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 17;369(16):1522-8. Article Link This multicentre double-blind RCT found that a 3 month course of low-dose...
by emottawa | Aug 18, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Wilkerson RG, Stone MB. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Jan;17(1):11-7. Article Link
This evidence-based literature review of four prospective observational studies...
by emottawa | Aug 11, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Downie A, et al. BMJ 2013;347:f7095 Article Link This Cochrane review of the diagnostic accuracy of red flags for fracture or malignancy in patients with low back pain in multiple...
by emottawa | Aug 4, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 CRASH-2 trial collaborators Lancet. 2010 Jul 3;376(9734):23-32. Article Link This large RCT assessed the effect of early administration of tranexamic acid to trauma...
