by emottawa | Jun 16, 2015 | Commentary
As part of our Journal Club summaries our JC Chairs (Drs. Lisa Calder and Ian Stiell @EMO_Daddy) have been tasked with explaining Epidemiological concepts so that everyone in our department can analyze the literature and appraise articles on their own. For this Blog...
by emottawa | Jun 16, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Wright DW, et al.; NETT Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2014 Dec 25;371(26):2457-66 Abstract Link Complementary Article: A Clinical Trial of Progesterone for Severe Traumatic Brain...
by emottawa | Jun 8, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Holst LB et al for the TRISS Trial Group and the Scandinavian Critical Care Trials Group. N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 9;371(15):1381-91 Full Article Editorial:...
by emottawa | Jun 7, 2015 | Journal Club
With the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign underway, Emergency Medicine recently published their list of “5 Things Physicians and Patients should question” in conjunction with the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. Here we’ll list the 5...
by emottawa | Jun 1, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Marin JR, Dean AJ, Bilker WB, Panebianco NL, Brown NJ, Alpern ER. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Jun;20(6):545-53 Full Article This prospective single-centre study found that where a clinical question...
