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Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial

by emottawa | Sep 8, 2014 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5  Usefulness Score:  3.5/5 Aujesky D, et al. Lancet. 2011 Jul 2;378(9785):41-8. Abstract Link   This open label, randomized, un-blinded, multi-centered trial compared inpatient vs. outpatient treatment of low-risk PE showed...

Fever Control Using External Cooling in Septic Shock: A Randomized Controlled Trial

by emottawa | Sep 1, 2014 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5               Usefulness Score: 2/5   Schortgen F, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 May 15;185(10):1088-95 Full Article    This randomized, non-blinded trial found in an ICU population that external cooling in...

A Randomized Trial of Colchicine for Acute Pericarditis

by EMOttawa | Aug 26, 2014 | Journal Club, landmark

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5                           Usefulness Score: 4.5/5   Imazio M, et al. ICAP Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 17;369(16):1522-8. Article Link   This multicentre double-blind RCT found that a 3 month course of low-dose...

Sensitivity of Bedside Ultrasound and Supine Anteroposterior Chest Radiographs for the Identification of Pneumothorax After Blunt Trauma

by emottawa | Aug 18, 2014 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5                  Usefulness Score: 4/5   Wilkerson RG, Stone MB. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Jan;17(1):11-7.   Article Link 
 This evidence-based literature review of four prospective observational studies...

Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain: systematic review

by emottawa | Aug 11, 2014 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5               Usefulness Score: 2.5/5   Downie A, et al. BMJ 2013;347:f7095 Article Link   This Cochrane review of the diagnostic accuracy of red flags for fracture or malignancy in patients with low back pain in multiple...
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