Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Harnan SE, Pickering A, Pandor A, Goodacre SW. J Trauma. 2011 Jul;71(1):245-51 PubMed Link This systematic review compared the diagnostic accuracies of clinical decision rules for adults with minor head injury and found that the Canadian CT head rules to beRead More →
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 Society Clinical Trials Group. N Engl J Med.Read More →
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 S, Wells GA, Stiell IG. CMAJ. 2011 Jul 12;183(10):1137-45. ArticleRead More →
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 simulated difficult intubation prior to elective surgery foundRead More →
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 rapid AMI rule-in and rule-out algorithm that involved 872 patients using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin TRead More →
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 comparing needle (seldinger) Cricothyroidotomy (NF) with a new technique that utilizes theRead More →
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 this study by Stengel et al., the initial pan-scan findingsRead More →
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 associated with greater mortality (RR 1.12, 95% CI 1.01-1.20; P=0.035) andRead More →
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 anterior STEMI and Benign Early Repolarization (BER) patientsRead More →
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 CT and found similar performance with very high sensitivityRead More →