by emottawa | Aug 26, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Armstrong PW, et al. STREAM Investigative Team. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 11;368(15):1379-87 Abstract Link This open-label, prospective, randomized, parallel, comparative, international...
by emottawa | Aug 19, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 1.5/5 Sharifi M, Bay C, Skrocki L, Rahimi F, Mehdipour M; “MOPETT” Investigators. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Jan 15;111(2):273-7 Article Link This single-center, open label, randomized control...
by emottawa | Aug 5, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Boutis K, Willan A, Babyn P, Goeree R, Howard A. CMAJ. 2010 Oct 5;182(14):1507-12. Article Link This non-blinded, single-center RCT (N=96) of children aged 5-12 with minimally...
by emottawa | Jul 29, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Parri N, Crosby BJ, Glass C, Mannelli F, Sforzi I, Schiavone R, Ban KM. J Emerg Med. 2013 Jan;44(1):135-41. Article Link This single center prospective study of 55...
by emottawa | Jul 22, 2013 | Journal Club
() Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Plint AC, Johnson DW, Patel H, Wiebe N, Correll R, Brant R, Mitton C, Gouin S, Bhatt M, Joubert G, Black KJ, Turner T, Whitehouse S, Klassen TP; Pediatric Emergency Research Canada...
by emottawa | Apr 29, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Colli A, Conte D, Valle SD, Sciola V, Fraquelli M. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Jun;35(12):1370-8 Abstract Link This meta-analysis of 11 RCTs found that in patients with biliary colic, NSAIDs had a higher...
by emottawa | Apr 25, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 1.5/5 Ray WA, Murray KT, Hall K, Arbogast PG, Stein CM. N Engl J Med. 2012 May 17;366(20):1881-90 Article Link This retrospective cohort study found that there was a slight increased risk of cardiovascular...
by emottawa | Apr 15, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Pradhan R, Chaudhary A, Donato AA. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Sep;30(7):1042-7 Abstract Link This was a retrospective cohort study of 127 patients that found no association between ST depression during rapid...
by emottawa | Apr 8, 2013 | Journal Club, Uncategorized
Journal Club Summary Prognostic value of plasma lactate levels among patients with acute pulmonary embolism: the thrombo-embolism lactate outcome study Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Vanni S, Viviani G, Baioni M, Pepe G, Nazerian P, Socci F, Bartolucci M,...
by EMOttawa | Apr 4, 2013 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Hüpfl M, Selig HF, Nagele P. Lancet. 2010 Nov 6;376(9752):1552-7. Article Link This meta-analysis evaluated if dispatcher-assisted chest compression-only CPR was superior to standard CPR for citizen...
