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Validation and Refinement of a Rule to Predict Emergency Intervention in Adult Trauma Patients

On: June 11, 2012

Journal Club Summary Methodology: 1.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Haukoos JS, Byyny RL, Erickson C, Paulson S, Hopkins E, Sasson C, Bender B, Gravitz CS, Vogel JA, Colwell CB, Moore EE. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Aug;58(2):164-71. Article Link This retrospective validation of two existing clinical decision rules, the Loma Linda rule andRead More →

Does This Patient Have a Severe Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed?

By: EMottawa

On: June 5, 2012

In: Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology: 2.5/5 Usefulness: 2.5/5 Srygley FD, Gerardo CJ, Tran T, Fisher DA. JAMA. 2012 Mar 14;307(10):1072-9 Article Link This recent installment of JAMA’s Rational Clinical Examination series found that a history or physical exam positive for melena, a nasogastric lavage with blood or coffee grounds, or aRead More →

Association Between Arterial Hyperoxia Following Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest and In-Hospital Mortality

By: EMottawa

On: June 3, 2012

In: Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Kilgannon JH, Jones AE, Shapiro NI, Angelos MG, Milcarek B, Hunter K, Parrillo JE, Trzeciak S; Emergency Medicine Shock Research Network (EMShockNet) Investigators. JAMA 2010 Jun 2;303(21):2165-71. Article Link This is the first study to use clinical data to establish an association between post-ROSCRead More →