by EMOttawa | Oct 23, 2012 | Journal Club, landmark
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 De Backer D, Aldecoa C, Njimi H, Vincent JL. Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;40(3):725-30. Article Link This meta-analysis of 6 trials found that in patients with septic shock, dopamine administration was...
by emottawa | Oct 15, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2/5 Smith SW, Khalil A, Henry TD, Rosas M, Chang RJ, Heller K, Scharrer E, Ghorashi M, Pearce LA. Ann Emerg Med. 2012 Jul;60(1):45-56.e2. Epub 2012 Apr 19. Pub Med Link This retrospective cohort study of...
by emottawa | Oct 4, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 3/5 Douma RA, Mos IC, et al. Prometheus Study Group. Article Link This European study directly compared four clinical decision rules in combination with d-dimer testing to exclude PE without the need for...
by emottawa | Sep 24, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Galvagno SM Jr, Haut ER, Zafar SN, Millin MG, Efron DT, Koenig GJ Jr, Baker SP, Bowman SM, Pronovost PJ, Haider AH. JAMA 2012 Apr 18;307(15):1602-10. Article Link This...
by emottawa | Sep 18, 2012 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Quant EC, et. al 2009;339:b3354. Methods: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Article Link This high quality meta-analysis demonstrated that the addition of antivirals to steroids did not result in any additional benefit in achieving at least...
