Journal Club

Stay up to date with the latest research in emergency and acute care. Our journal club posts critically appraise new studies, discuss their clinical relevance, and explore how evidence can inform practice.

Low risk chest pain? ADAPT my management?

By Dan Horner / July 21, 2012

The ADAPT chest pain risk stratification tool in the emergency department for the diagnosis of ACS acute coronary syndromes

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JC: Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke – IST3

By Gareth Hardy / July 6, 2012

We have just covered the following paper in our journal club at Manchester Royal Infirmary. The benefits and harms of intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator within 6 h

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The Critical Appraisal FCEM exam

By Simon Carley / July 5, 2012

If you are planning on being an emergency physician in the UK then you will probably be thinking about trying to get through the FCEM exam. At the current time

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