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Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism among Patients Hospitalized for Syncope.

by emottawa | Dec 5, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5               Usefulness Score:  2/5 Prandoni P, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 Oct 20;375(16):1524-1531.   Full Article   This cross-sectional multi-center study of Italian patients admitted after an ED presentation for...

An Age-Adjusted D-dimer Threshold for Emergency Department Patients With Suspected Pulmonary Embolus: Accuracy and Clinical Implications.

by emottawa | Dec 21, 2015 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5                  Usefulness Score: 3/5   Sharp AL, Vinson DR, Alamshaw F, Handler J, Gould MK. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Aug 27. pii: S0196-0644(15)00616-2. Abstract Link Retrospective study of 31,094 patients investigated for PE,...

Thrombolysis for Pulmonary Embolism and Risk of All-Cause Mortality, Major Bleeding, and Intracranial Hemorrhage: A meta-analysis

by emottawa | Jan 5, 2015 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score:    4.5/5                 Usefulness Score:  3/5   Chatterjee S, Chakraborty A, Weinberg I, Kadakia M, Wilensky RL, Sardar P, Kumbhani DJ, Mukherjee D, Jaff MR, Giri J. JAMA. 2014 Jun 18;311(23):2414-21. Article Link   This...

Fibrinolysis for patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism

by emottawa | Dec 15, 2014 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5               Usefulness Score: 3/5   PEITHO Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 10;370(15):1402-11. Article Link   This multicentre double blind RCT focused on patients with submassive pulmonary embolism and the use of...

Age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff levels to rule out pulmonary embolism: the ADJUST-PE study

by emottawa | Dec 8, 2014 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Landmark Series Methodology Score: 4/5                  Usefulness Score: 4.5/5   Righini M, et al. JAMA. 2014 Mar 19;311(11):1117-24  Full Article   This prospective multicenter European prospective cohort study found that using age-adjusted...
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