by emottawa | Oct 21, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Gouin S, Vo TT, Roy M, Lebel D, Gravel J. Pediatrics. 2012 Jun;129(6):1050-5. Article Link This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of 144 children in Montreal...
by emottawa | Oct 14, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Felker GM, et al. NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 3;364(9):797-805 Article Link This double-blind double-dummy RCT (N=308) found that there was no difference in the patient...
by emottawa | Sep 9, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 2/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Glaser NS, Wootton-Gorges SL, Buonocore MH, Tancredi DJ, Marcin JP, Caltagirone R, Lee Y, Murphy C, Kuppermann N. Pediatrics. 2013 Jan;131(1):e73-80 Abstract Link This pilot randomized controlled...
by EMOttawa | Sep 3, 2013 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Landmark Article Series Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Colman I, Friedman BW, Brown MD, Innes GD, Grafstein E, Roberts TE, Rowe BH. BMJ. 2008 Jun 14;336(7657):1359-61 Article Link In this well performed meta-analysis, a...
by emottawa | Aug 26, 2013 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Armstrong PW, et al. STREAM Investigative Team. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 11;368(15):1379-87 Abstract Link This open-label, prospective, randomized, parallel, comparative, international...