by EMOttawa | Aug 22, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Clark E, Plint AC, Correll R, Gaboury I, Passi B. A Pediatrics. 20 07Mar.1;119(3):460–7. Article Link This high quality RCT by local investigators rigorously compared acetaminophen, ibuprofen and codeine analgesics among...
by EMOttawa | Aug 14, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Straus SE, Thorpe KE, Holroyd-Leduc J. JAMA. 2006Oct.25;296(16):2012–22. PubMed Link This systematic literature review and meta-analysis in the Rational Clinical Examination series found a non-significant trend towards less...
by emottawa | Aug 7, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Andrew K Chang, Polly E Bijur, Robert H Meyer, Mark K Kenny, Clemencia Solorzano, and E John Gallagher PubMed Link This U.S. randomized trial in ED adults with severe pain found similar effectiveness for intravenous...
by EMOttawa | Jul 31, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Levitan RM, Kinkle WC, Levin WJ, Everett WW. Ann Emerg Med. 2006 Jun.;47(6):548–55. PubMed Link This U.S. study evaluated manipulation techniques for direct laryngoscopy during endotracheal intubation in 1,530 comparisons performed...
by EMOttawa | Jul 23, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Stiell IG, Nichol G, Leroux BG, Rea TD, Ornato JP, Powell J, Christenson J, Callaway CW, Kudenchuk PJ, Aufderheide TP, Idris AH, Daya MR, Wang HE, Morrison LJ, Davis D, Andrusiek D, Stephens S, Cheskes S,...
by emottawa | Jul 19, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Lotrionte M, Biondi-Zoccai G, Imazio M, Castagno D, Moretti C, Abbate A, Agostoni P, Brucato AL, Di Pasquale P, Raatikka M, Sangiorgi G, Laudito A, Sheiban I, Gaita F. Am Heart J. 2010 Oct;160(4):662-70....
by EMOttawa | Jul 9, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4.5/5 Lees KR, Bluhmki E, von Kummer R, Brott TG, Toni D, Grotta JC, Albers GW, Kaste M, Marler JR, Hamilton SA, Tilley BC, Davis SM, Donnan GA, Hacke W; ECASS, ATLANTIS, NINDS and EPITHET rt-PA Study Group, Allen...
by emottawa | Jul 3, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Jalili M, Fathi M, Moradi-Lakeh M, Zehtabchi S. Ann Emerg Med. 2012 Apr;59(4):276-80. PubMed Link This double blind, double dummy RCT compared sublingual Buprenorphine (0.4 mg) to IV Morphine (5 mg) for...
by emottawa | Jun 27, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5 Usefulness: 3.5 Carpenter CR, Bassett ER, Fischer GM, Shirshekan J, Galvin JE, Morris JC.
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Trained research assistants administered cognitive dysfunction screening...
by emottawa | Jun 19, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Bernard SA, Smith K, Cameron P, Masci K, Taylor DM, Cooper DJ, Kelly AM, Silvester W; Rapid Infusion of Cold Hartmanns Investigators. Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;40(3):747-53. Pubmed Link This study looked at the...
