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...
by EMOttawa | Mar 26, 2013 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 4.5/5 Wallentin L, Becker RC, Budaj A, Cannon CP, Emanuelsson H, Held C, Horrow J, Husted S, James S, Katus H, Mahaffey KW, Scirica BM, Skene A, Steg PG, Storey RF, Harrington RA; PLATO...
by emottawa | Mar 19, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 1/5 McMillan AM, Landorf KB, Gilheany MF, Bird AR, Morrow AD, Menz HB. BMJ. 2012 May 22;344:e3260. Article Link This double-blind RCT found that there was a reduction in a 100-point pain score at 4...
