Appraisal and reflections on the recently published ConSEPT and EcLiPSE trials – what do they mean for the treatment of paediatric status epilepticus?
JC: Enter Sandman – Which Agent as Second Line in Paediatric Status Epilepticus? Read More
Simon Carley and Rick Body discuss the use and misuse of p-values in research, and what that means when critically appraising a paper. This short podcast introduction also links to explanations of p-values, confidence intervals and the fragility index.
What does a p-value tell us, and what does it leave unanswered? This critical appraisal podcast and accompanying written discussion explore statistical versus clinical significance, confidence intervals, effect sizes, multiple testing and the fragility index, encouraging readers to look beyond a single threshold.
Podcast – Critical Appraisal Nugget: p-values Read More
Revisit a year of critical appraisal with the St Emlyn’s 2018 collection. This post introduces an ebook bringing together journal club discussions of prehospital, emergency and critical care research, with links to the book in several formats and to other St Emlyn’s publications.
St Emlyn’s 2018 Critical Appraisal book. Read More
Catch up with St Emlyn’s in the December 2018 podcast roundup. The accompanying reading links cover teamwork across specialty boundaries, clinical handover, chest trauma and HIV, alongside reports from the Intensive Care Society meeting and the FemInEM Ideas Exchange.
Podcast – December 2018 Monthly Round Up Read More
What can Game of Thrones teach us about critical appraisal? This festive journal club examines a study of character survival, using its methods to explore cohort selection, outcome definitions and statistical analysis. Expect spoilers from the first seven seasons and a deliberately light-hearted approach to research.
StE Journal Club: a Christmas Games of Thrones issue Read More
Can some traumatic pneumothoraces and haemothoraces be managed without a chest drain? This 2018 appraisal examines a UK observational study, including patients receiving positive-pressure ventilation. It considers selection bias, the limits of a single-centre dataset and the importance of monitoring when conservative management is chosen.
JC: Conservative management of chest trauma. St Emlyn’s Read More
The July 2018 podcast roundup brings together journal club reviews of adrenaline in cardiac arrest and tamsulosin for renal colic with a guide to paronychia. Its written reading list also includes infinite game theory, a personal account of PTSD and an update on St Emlyn’s teaching events.
Podcast – July 2018 Monthly Round Up Read More
