A 2014 announcement of Critical Care Horizons, an open-access journal developed by Rob Mac Sweeney and Andrew Ferguson. The founders set out their plans to combine peer review with the discussion and sharing associated with FOAMed, offering free publication and reading across the spectrum of critical care.
Critical Care Horizons Journal. Amazing work from Rob MacSweeney. Read More
Could medical scribes improve emergency department workflow? In this 2014 journal club, Natalie May and Damian Roland examine a before-and-after study involving electronic ordering and scribes, questioning causality, the practical significance of time savings and the implications for documentation accuracy and UK practice.
JC: Scribes in the ED? Read More
How well do prehospital triage tools identify major trauma in children? This 2014 journal club examines a PERUKI study, exploring over-triage, the uncertainty created by very few seriously injured patients, and the problem of testing ambulance tools in children who arrived without an ambulance.
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An invitation from 2014 to bring clinical questions to the SMACC Gold evidence-based medicine workshop. The post introduces three-part questions and links to resources on searching, critical appraisal, statistics and using journal clubs to turn questions into shared evidence summaries.
Time to place your #SMACCGold #SMACCBETS at the St.Emlyn’s Casino Read More
A collection of BestBets critical appraisal checklists for clinicians preparing for journal club or examinations. The post links to tools for different study designs, including randomised trials, diagnostic studies, reviews, decision rules and qualitative research, and encourages sharing completed appraisals.
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Should families be offered the chance to be present during brain-death evaluation? This 2013 journal club examines a small randomised study of understanding and psychological wellbeing, while considering participation, loss to follow-up and questions about families’ and clinicians’ experiences that the trial could not resolve.
JC: Family presence for Brain Death Evaluation. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Do intravenous fluids shorten an emergency department stay for uncomplicated alcohol intoxication? This 2013 journal club reviews a randomised trial, examining its selected patient population, length-of-stay findings and uncertainty, and asks whether an impulse to intervene is supported by evidence.
JC: IV Fluids for alcohol intoxication. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Can symptoms or clinical scores predict which adults with sore throat will develop complications? This 2013 journal club examines a large primary-care cohort, using rare outcomes to explain positive predictive value and to question assumptions behind antibiotic prescribing.
JC: The Trouble With Tonsils. St.Emlyn’s Read More
