by EMOttawa | Dec 19, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Myburgh JA, Finfer S, Bellomo R, Billot L, Cass A, Gattas D, Glass P, Lipman J, Liu B, McArthur C, McGuinness S, Rajbhandari D, Taylor CB, Webb SA; CHEST Investigators; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care...
by emottawa | Dec 15, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Perry JJ, Sharma M, Sivilotti ML, Sutherland J, Symington C, Worster A, Émond M, Stotts G, Jin AY, Oczkowski WJ, Sahlas DJ, Murray HE, MacKey A, Verreault...
by emottawa | Nov 23, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Ramachandran SK, Cosnowski A, Shanks A, Turner CR. J Clin Anesth. 2010 May;22(3):164-8. PubMed Link This RCT of 30 obese adult male patients receiving either 5L of O2 via NP or no O2 during...
by emottawa | Nov 15, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 2.5/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Reichlin T, Schindler C, Drexler B, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Sep 10;172(16):1211-8. Abstract Link This study was a prospective, multicenter derivation and internal validation of a...
by emottawa | Nov 6, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Kanji H, Thirsk W, Dong S, Szava-Kovats M, Villa-Roel C, Singh M, Rowe BH. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Sep;19(9):E1061-E1067. Article Link This was a randomized crossover trial...
by emottawa | Oct 29, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Stengel D, Ottersbach C, Matthes G, Weigeldt M, Grundei S, Rademacher G, Tittel A, Mutze S, Ekkernkamp A, Frank M, Schmucker U, Seifert J. CMAJ. 2012 May 15;184(8):869-76. Article Link In...
by EMOttawa | Oct 23, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 De Backer D, Aldecoa C, Njimi H, Vincent JL. Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;40(3):725-30. Article Link This meta-analysis of 6 trials found that in patients with septic shock, dopamine administration was...
by emottawa | Oct 15, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Smith SW, Khalil A, Henry TD, Rosas M, Chang RJ, Heller K, Scharrer E, Ghorashi M, Pearce LA. Ann Emerg Med. 2012 Jul;60(1):45-56.e2. Epub 2012 Apr 19. Pub Med Link This retrospective cohort study of...
by emottawa | Oct 4, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Douma RA, Mos IC, et al. Prometheus Study Group. Article Link This European study directly compared four clinical decision rules in combination with d-dimer testing to exclude PE without the need for...
by emottawa | Sep 24, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Galvagno SM Jr, Haut ER, Zafar SN, Millin MG, Efron DT, Koenig GJ Jr, Baker SP, Bowman SM, Pronovost PJ, Haider AH. JAMA 2012 Apr 18;307(15):1602-10. Article Link This...
