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...
by emottawa | Jul 28, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Bateman DN, et al. Lancet. 2014 Feb 22;383(9918):697-704 Article Link This 2×2 factorial, intention to treat, randomized controlled trial of paracetamol overdose showed a...
by emottawa | Jul 21, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 INTERACT2 Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 20;368(25):2355-65. Article Link This large multicentre, partially blinded RCT compared aggressively lowering SBP to <140 vs....
by emottawa | Jul 14, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Harman S, Zemek R, Duncan MJ, Ying Y, Petrcich W. CMAJ. 2013 Sep 17;185(13):E629-34. Article Link This study was a double blind RCT which demonstrated that using topical LET on...
by emottawa | Apr 21, 2014 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Blyth L, Atkinson P, Gadd K, Lang E. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Oct;19(10):1119-26. Article Link This systematic review of 8 studies found that when transthoracic ultrasound is performed...
