by emottawa | Sep 7, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Tsivgoulis G, Katsanos AH, Butcher KS, et al. Neurology. 2014 Oct 21;83(17):1523-9 Abstract Link This systematic review and meta-analysis of 4 RCTs found that mortality rates...
by emottawa | Aug 31, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Blum CA, Nigro N Briel M, et al. Lancet. 2015 Jan 16. pii: S0140-6736(14)62447-8. Abstract Link This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial demonstrated an improved time to ‘clinical...
by emottawa | Aug 17, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Nijman RG, et al. BMJ. 2013 Apr 2;346:f1706. Full Article This was a derivation, cross-validation, and external validation of a decision rule for the febrile pediatric patient to identify who is at...
by emottawa | Aug 10, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Florin TA, Shaw KN, Kittick M, Yakscoe S, Zorc JJ. JAMA Pediatr. 2014Jul;168(7):664-70. Full Article This single-centre triple-blinded study compared nebulized 3% saline (hypertonic) to 0.9%...
by emottawa | Jul 27, 2015 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Montalescot G, van ‘t Hof AW, Lapostolle F, et al. for the ATLANTIC Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 11;371(11):1016-27. Full Article This corporate-sponsored international, multicenter,...
