by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 10, 2020 | Journal Club, landmark, Thrombosis
Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5/5 Kearon C, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 28;381(22):2125-2134 Question and Methods: the authors sought to demonstrate safety using a d-dimer cut-off of 1000ng/mL for low pre-test probability patients & a cut-off of...
by Hans Rosenberg | Aug 19, 2019 | Journal Club, OBGYN, Thrombosis
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4.5 /5 van der Pol LM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Mar 21;380(12):1139-1149 Question and Methods: Using a prospective cohort study of 510 pregnant women, the authors were trying to see whether an algorithm...
by Mike Hickey, Peter Reardon | Sep 11, 2018 | Critical Care, Featured
Systemic fibrinolysis (SF) in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a hot topic in acute care medicine. This post will examine the available literature regarding the use of SF in different subtypes of PE. Before examining the literature, we first must review the...
by Hans Rosenberg | Oct 23, 2017 | Journal Club, landmark, Thrombosis
Journal Club Summary Reference: Van der Hulle T, et al. Lancet. 2017 Jul 15;390(10091):289-297. Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Questions and Methods: This multicenter trial implemented the YEARS simplified algorithm for suspected PE...
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...
