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Diuretic Strategies in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

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...

Subclinical cerebral edema in children with diabetic ketoacidosis randomized to 2 different rehydration protocols

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...

Parenteral dexamethasone for acute severe migraine headache: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials for preventing recurrence

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...

Fibrinolysis or Primary PCI in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

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...

Moderate Pulmonary Embolism Treated With Thrombolysis (from the “MOPETT” Trial)

by emottawa | Aug 19, 2013 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 1.5/5 Sharifi M, Bay C, Skrocki L, Rahimi F, Mehdipour M; “MOPETT” Investigators. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Jan 15;111(2):273-7 Article Link This single-center, open label, randomized control...