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 | 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 | 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 | Sep 12, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Mayer SA, Brun NC, Begtrup K, Broderick J, Davis S, Diringer MN, et al. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 15;358(20):21 27–37. Article Link This industry sponsored, international multicentre RCT involved 841 patients with acute ICH and found...
by EMOttawa | Sep 3, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Sprung CL, Annane D, Keh D, Moreno R, Singer M, Freivogel K, et al. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan.10;358(2):111–24. Article Link This European multicentre RCT compared hydrocortisone to placebo for 499 ICU patients with septic shock and...
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 | 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,...
