Date |
 Link |
 Paper |
 Journal Club review |
 May 2013 |
J Am Coll Cardiol |
 yValidation of high-sensitivity troponin I in a 2-h diagnostic strategy to assess 30-day outcomes in emergency-department patients with possible acute coronary syndrome. |
 Cullen on high sensitivity Troponins |
 April 2013 |
 Ann Emerg Med |
 Half of All Peripheral Intravenous Lines in an Australian Tertiary Emergency Department Are Unused: Pain With No Gain? |
 Is that IV really needed? |
 April 2013 |
 Emergency Medicine Journal |
 The value of the difference between ED and prehospital vital signs in predicting outcome in trauma |
 Delta signs for shock in trauma. |
 April 2013 |
 Intensive Care Medicine |
 Point-of-care multiorgan ultrasonography for the evaluation of undifferentiated hypotension in the emergency department |
 Point of care USS for Hypotension |
 March 2013 |
 Cochrane |
 Are colloids more effective than crystalloids in reducing death in people who are critically ill or injured? |
 The end of the road for colloids in sepsis??? St.Emlyn’s |
 Jan 2013 |
 International Journal of Emergency Medicine |
 Improvement of refractory migraine headache by propofol: case series |
 Milk for refractory migraines? |
 May 2013 |
 BMJ |
 Cancer risk in 680000 people exposed to CT scans in childhood or adolescence: data linkage study of 11 million Australians |
 Do paediatric CT scans cause cancer? |
 May 2013 |
 JAMA Surgery |
 MATTERS 2 Trial |
 Cryo and TXA: Apparently it MATTERS |
 May 2013 |
 Lancet |
Intravenous or nebulised magnesium sulphate versus standard therapy for severe acute asthma (3Mg trial): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial |
 Does Magnesium work in Asthma? |
 May 2013 |
 BMJ |
 Cancer risk in 680 000 people exposed to computed tomography scans in childhood or adolescence: data linkage study of 11 million Australians |
 Do paediatric CT scans cause cancer? St.Emlyn’s |
 June 2013 |
 Lancet |
 Streamlining of prehospital stroke management: the golden hour. |
Time is brain…., calling #FOAMagitators. |
 June 2013 |
 Thorax |
 Ambulatory treatment in the management of pneumothorax: a systematic review of the literature. |
 Should we use Heimlich Valves for ambulatory pneumothorax management? |
 July 2013 |
 J Trauma Acute Care Surg. |
 Effect of video laryngoscopy on trauma patient survival: A randomized controlled trial. |
 Did Video kill the Laryngoscope star? Here comes the evidence. |
August 2013 |
Cochrane databse of systematic reviews |
Nebulised hypertonic saline solution for acute bronchiolitis in infants. |
 JC: Hypertonic Saline for Bronchiolitis. St.Emlyn’s |
 August 2013 |
 Annals of Surgery |
 Prehospital intravenous fluid administration is associated with higher mortality in trauma patients: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis. |
 JC: PROMMT Pre-hospital fluids for trauma – do they improve survival? |
 September 2013 |
 British Journal of Anaesthesia |
 Propofol for adult procedural sedation in a UK emergency department: safety profile in 1008 cases. |
 JC: ED physicians are not Propofol Assassins – St.Emlyn’s |
 October 2013 |
 Academic Emergency Medicine |
 Triple rule-out computed tomographic angiography for chest pain: a diagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis. |
 JC: Triple Rule Out CT – are the rays worth it? St.Emlyn’s |
 October 2013 |
 Journal of Critical Care |
 Surgical rib fixation for flail chest deformity improves liberation from mechanical ventilation. |
 JC: Is surgical fixation of rib fractures ready for a comeback? St.Emlyn’s |
 October 2013 |
 American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy |
 Diagnosis and treatment of drug-induced hyperthermia. |
 JC: Recreational drug induced hyperthermia. St.Emlyn’s |
 November 2013 |
 Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery |
 Effectiveness of massive transfusion protocols on mortality in trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. |
 JC: Major Transfusion Protocols – evidence or lack of? St.Emlyn’s |
 November 2013 |
 Annals of Emergency Medicine |
 Topical Lidocaine to Improve Oral Intake in Children With Painful Infectious Mouth Ulcers: A Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial |
 JC: Lidocaine for paediatric mouth ulcers at St.Emlyn’s |
 November 2013 |
 NEJM |
 Targeted Temperature Management at 33°C versus 36°C after Cardiac Arrest |
 JC: What’s the target temperature for OOHCA cooling. St.Emlyn’s |
 November 2013 |
 Injury |
 Ankle injury manipulation before or after X-ray – Does it influence success? |
 JC. Should we X-ray before manipulating a displaced ankle fracture? St.Emlyn’s |
 December 2013 |
 Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging |
 Multicenter Randomized Trial of Quantitative Pretest Probability to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Radiation Exposure in Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain and Dyspnea. |
 I’ll just ask Dr Google..for some PE/ACS investigation advice @ St.Emlyn’s |
 December 2013 |
 BMJ |
 Predictors of suppurative complications for acute sore throat in primary care: prospective clinical cohort study |
JC: The Trouble With Tonsils. St.Emlyn’s |
 December 2013 |
 Emergency Medicine Australia |
 Intravenous 0.9% sodium chloride therapy does not reduce length of stay of alcohol-intoxicated patients in the emergency department: A randomised controlled trial |
JC: IV Fluids for alcohol intoxication. St.Emlyn’s |
 December 2013 |
 Resuscitation |
 Treatment of monitored out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia utilising the precordial thump. |
 JC: There’s no jump with a precordial thump. St.Emlyn’s |
 December 2013 |
 Critical Care Medicine |
 Family Presence During Brain Death Evaluation: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
 JC: Family presence for Brain Death Evaluation. St.Emlyn’s |
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