Validation of the Hospital for Sick Children Algorithm for Discriminating Bacteremia From Contaminants in Children With a Preliminary Positive Blood Culture

Validation of the Hospital for Sick Children Algorithm for Discriminating Bacteremia From Contaminants in Children With a Preliminary Positive Blood Culture

Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Gravel J, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Nov;84(5):490-499. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.05.005.  Question and Methods: The authors aimed to validate the Sick Kids algorithm for distinguishing bacteremia from contaminants in pediatric...
Derivation of the Falls Decision Rule to exclude intracranial bleeding without head CT in older adults who have fallen

Derivation of the Falls Decision Rule to exclude intracranial bleeding without head CT in older adults who have fallen

Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 CMAJ. 2023 Dec 3;195(47):E1614-E1621. de Wit K, et al. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.230634.  Question and Methods: The Falls Decision Rule was derived to identify older adults with fall who do not require CT to rule out intracranial bleeding,...