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Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Sepsis For the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

by emottawa | May 24, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3 /5 Seymour CW, et al. JAMA. 2016 Feb 23;315(8):762-74 Abstract Link Editorial: New Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock Continuing Evolution but With Much Still to Be Done Abraham...

Does This Patient With Chest Pain Have Acute Coronary Syndrome? The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review

by emottawa | May 2, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Fanaroff AC, et al. JAMA. 2015 Nov 10;314(18):1955-65 Abstract Link Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 This meta-analysis found that few clinical variables were strong predictors of ACS amongst ED patients presenting...

Oral Prednisolone in the Treatment of Acute Gout: A Pragmatic, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized Trial.

by emottawa | Apr 18, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Rainer TH, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Feb 23. doi: 10.7326/M14-2070. Abstract Link This multi-centre, double-blind, randomized equivalence trial enrolled 416 patients in 4 EDs in...

Randomized Trial of Apneic Oxygenation during Endotracheal Intubation of the Critically Ill

by emottawa | Feb 29, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Semler MW, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Link This randomized, open-label, pragmatic trial of 150 adults undergoing intubation in a medical...

High-flow oxygen through nasal cannula in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure

by emottawa | Feb 16, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary: Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Frat JP, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jun 4;372(23):2185-96. Full Article Editorial: Saving lives with high-flow nasal oxygen Matthay MA. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jun 4;372(23):2225-6....