by Hans Rosenberg | Aug 12, 2019 | Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Respirology
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Prins HJ, et al. Eur Respir J. 2019 May 23;53(5). Question and Methods: The CATCH Study was a multicentre, randomised, controlled open intervention clinical trial comparing CRP guided antibiotics for...
by Alex Mungham, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Jan 17, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, Respirology
In this post, we review an approach to antibiotics, bronchodilators, and corticosteroids in the outpatient management for acute exacerbations of COPD. COPD – The Basics What is it? An incompletely reversible obstructive lung disease due to airway and/or alveolar...
by Hans Rosenberg | Dec 31, 2018 | Full Article, Infectious Disease, Journal Club, Respirology
Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Little P, et al. BMJ. 2017 May 22;357:j2148. Editorial: Controlling antibiotic prescribing for lower respiratory tract infections Scott AM et al. BMJ. 2017 May 22;357:j2398. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j2398....
by Hans Rosenberg | Apr 16, 2018 | Infectious Disease, Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Alam N, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2018 Jan;6(1):40-50. Question and Methods: The authors of this nation-wide open-label RCT studied the mortality effect of pre-hospital antibiotics on febrile patients with one other non-laboratory SIRS criteria...
by Hans Rosenberg | Oct 16, 2017 | Featured, Journal Club, Urology
Journal Club Summary Reference: Gágyor I, et al. BMJ. 2015 Dec 23;351:h6544 Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 This multicenter, double blinded, randomized controlled trial assessed the use of ibuprofen versus fosfomycin in uncomplicated UTIs in women aged...