Journal Club Articles for 4/27/16

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External Validation of the STONE Score, a Clinical Prediction Rule for Ureteral Stone: An Observational Multi-institutional Study
Wang, Ralph C. et al.
Annals of Emergency Medicine , Volume 67 , Issue 4 , 423 – 432.e2
Abstract
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CURB-65 Performance Among Admitted and Discharged Emergency Department Patients With Community-acquired Pneumonia
Sharp, Adam L. et al.
Academic Emergency Medicine, Volume 23, Issue 4, 400-405
Abstract
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Journal Club Articles for 1/27/2015

Cervical Spine Clearance in Obtunded Patients After Blunt Traumatic Injury: A Systematic Review
Ann Intern Med. 2015;162(6):429-437. doi:10.7326/M14-2351
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2197180
PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25775316

Irrigation of Cutaneous Abscesses Does Not Improve Treatment Success
Annals of emergency medicine, In Press, doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.08.007
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196064415011889
Full text via NYSL: http://www.sciencedirect.com.dbgateway.nysed.gov/science/article/pii/S0196064415011889
PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26416494

Journal Club Articles for 12/2/2015

Physician spending and subsequent risk of malpractice claims: observational study
BMJ 2015; 351
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h5516 (Published 04 November 2015)
http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h5516-0
Trial of Continuous or Interrupted Chest Compressions during CPR
NEJM
November 9, 2015
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1509139
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1509139

 

Journal Club Articles for 11/11/2015

An Observational Study of 2,248 Patients Presenting With Headache, Suggestive of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Who Received Lumbar Punctures Following Normal Computed Tomography of the Head.
Acad Emerg Med.
2015 Oct 19.
doi: 10.1111/acem.12811. [Epub ahead of print]
Sayer D, Bloom B, Fernando K, Jones S, Benton S, Dev S, Deverapalli S, Harris T.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26480290
Full text: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acem.12811/pdf

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I at presentation in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: a cohort study.
Lancet.
2015 Oct 7. pii: S0140-6736(15)00391-8.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00391-8. [Epub ahead of print]
Shah AS, Anand A, Sandoval Y, Lee KK, Smith SW, Adamson PD, Chapman AR, Langdon T, Sandeman D, Vaswani A, Strachan FE, Ferry A, Stirzaker AG, Reid A, Gray AJ, Collinson PO, McAllister DA, Apple FS, Newby DE, Mills NL; High-STEACS investigators.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26454362
Full text: http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736%2815%2900391-8.pdf

 

 

Journal Club Articles for 10/7/2015

Accuracy of White Blood Cell Count and C-reactive Protein Levels Related to Duration of Symptoms in Patients Suspected of Acute Appendicitis.
Atema JJ, Gans SL, Beenen LF, Toorenvliet BR, Laurell H, Stoker J, Boermeester MA.
Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Sep;22(9):1015-24.
doi: 10.1111/acem.12746.
Epub 2015 Aug 20.
PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26291309
Full text: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acem.12746/pdf
Full text also posted on Blackboard

Emergency Department Corticosteroid Use for Allergy or Anaphylaxis Is Not Associated With Decreased Relapses.
Grunau BE, Wiens MO, Rowe BH, McKay R, Li J, Yi TW, Stenstrom R, Schellenberg RR, Grafstein E, Scheuermeyer FX.
Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Oct;66(4):381-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.03.003.
Epub 2015 Mar 25.
PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25820033
Full text: http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644%2815%2900190-0/pdf
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Journal Club Articles for 8/19/2015

Journal Club articles (full texts are available in blackboard for residents and faculty):

• Complete ultrasonography of trauma in screening blunt abdominal trauma patients is equivalent to computed tomographic scanning while reducing radiation exposure and cost.
  J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Aug;79(2):199-205
  doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000715.
  Dehqanzada ZA, Meisinger Q, Doucet J, Smith A, Casola G, Coimbra R.
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/262186
  http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=01586154-201508000-00004&D=ovft&PDF=y
• The Association Between Medicolegal and Professional Concerns and Chest Pain Admission Rates.
  Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Jul;22(7):883-6.
  doi: 10.1111/acem.12708. Epub 2015 Jun 26.
  Brooker JA, Hastings JW, Major-Monfried H, Maron CP, Winkel M, Wijeratne HR, Fleischman W, Weingart S, Newman DH.
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26118834
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acem.12708/epdf

Journal Club Articles, 04/29/2015

N Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Therapeutic Hypothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1411480

N Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 2;372(14):1312-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1406330.
Antibiotic treatment strategies for community-acquired pneumonia in adults.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1406330

Journal Club Articles

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acem.12565/epdf
The Effect of Laboratory Testing on Emergency Department Length of Stay: A Multihospital Longitudinal Study Applying a Cross-classified Random-effect Modeling Approach
Ling Li PhD, et al
Article first published online: 6 JAN 2015
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12565

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acem.12604/epdf
The Use of Subdissociative-dose Ketamine for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department
Billy Sin PharmD et al

Article first published online: 25 FEB 2015
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12604

Journal Club Articles

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1411587
A Randomized Trial of Intraarterial Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Olvert A. Berkhemer, M.D. et al
N Engl J Med 2015; 372:11-20January 1, 2015DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411587

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1404380
Goal-Directed Resuscitation for Patients with Early Septic Shock
The ARISE Investigators and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group
N Engl J Med 2014; 371:1496-1506October 16, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1404380

Journal Club Articles

Risk of Intravenous Contrast Material–mediated Acute Kidney Injury: A Propensity Score–matched Study Stratified by Baseline-estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate
Jennifer S. McDonald, Robert J. McDonald, Rickey E. Carter, Richard W. Katzberg, David F. Kallmes, and Eric E. Williamson
Radiology 2014 271:1 , 65-73
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.13130775

 
Intravenous Contrast Material Exposure Is Not an Independent Risk Factor for Dialysis or Mortality
Robert J. McDonald, Jennifer S. McDonald, Rickey E. Carter, Robert P. Hartman, Richard W. Katzberg, David F. Kallmes, and Eric E. Williamson
Radiology 2014 273:3 , 714-725
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.14132418