by emottawa | Oct 21, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Gouin S, Vo TT, Roy M, Lebel D, Gravel J. Pediatrics. 2012 Jun;129(6):1050-5. Article Link This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of 144 children in Montreal...
by emottawa | Oct 14, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Felker GM, et al. NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 3;364(9):797-805 Article Link This double-blind double-dummy RCT (N=308) found that there was no difference in the patient...
by emottawa | Sep 9, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Glaser NS, Wootton-Gorges SL, Buonocore MH, Tancredi DJ, Marcin JP, Caltagirone R, Lee Y, Murphy C, Kuppermann N. Pediatrics. 2013 Jan;131(1):e73-80 Abstract Link This pilot randomized controlled...
by EMOttawa | Sep 3, 2013 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Article Series Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Colman I, Friedman BW, Brown MD, Innes GD, Grafstein E, Roberts TE, Rowe BH. BMJ. 2008 Jun 14;336(7657):1359-61 Article Link In this well performed meta-analysis, a...
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...
