emottawa journal club Archives

Andexanet for Factor Xa Inhibitor-Associated Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage

by Courtney Price, Hans Rosenberg, Krishan Yadav | Jan 27, 2025 | Full Article, Journal Club, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Thrombosis

Methodology 3/5 Usefulness 3/5 Connolly SJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2024 May 16;390(19):1745-1755. Editorial: Reversing Oral Anticoagulation in Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Question and Methods: This unblinded, multicentre randomized controlled trial studied whether...

PECARN prediction rules for CT imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt abdominal or minor head trauma: a multicentre prospective validation study

by Gabrielle Hibbert, Hans Rosenberg, Christian Vaillancourt | Jan 20, 2025 | Journal Club, Pediatric Care, Pediatrics, Trauma

Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Holmes JF, et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024 May;8(5):339-347. Question and Methods: This prospective multicenter cohort study sought to validate the PECARN intra-abdominal injury and traumatic brain injury rules in order to...

Intraosseous or Intravenous Vascular Access for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

by Rebecca Seliga, Hans Rosenberg, Christian Vaillancourt | Jan 13, 2025 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Journal Club, Resuscitation

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Vallentin MF, et al. N Engl J Med. 2024 Oct 31. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2407616. Editorial: The Way to a Patient’s Heart – Vascular Access in Cardiac Arrest Question and Methods: This RCT compared IO vs. IV vascular access in...

A Randomized Trial of Drug Route in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

by Hailey Newton, Hans Rosenberg, Christian Vaillancourt | Jan 6, 2025 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Journal Club, Resuscitation

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Couper K, et al. N Engl J Med. 2024 Oct 31:10.1056/NEJMoa2407780. Question and Methods: This multi-center, open label randomized control trial aimed to assess 30-day survival in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) who...

Out-of-Hospital Intranasal Ketamine as an Adjunct to Fentanyl for the Treatment of Acute Traumatic Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

by Tayler Young, Hans Rosenberg, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy | Dec 18, 2024 | Full Article, Journal Club, Trauma

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2/5 McMullan JT, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Oct;84(4):363-373. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.04.018. Question and Methods: This out of hospital, placebo-controlled, blinded, parallel group RCT compared reduction in pain scores between...