Journal Club

Acute Agitation

• Droperidol vs Midazolam for Acute Agitation (.pdf)
• Haldol vs Olanzapine for Acute Agitation (.pdf)
• Journal Club Summary Chemical Restraints for Acute Agitation (.pdf)
• Midazolam vs Haloperidol vs Lorazepam for Acute Agitation (.pdf)  

Acute Heart Failure

• Figueras - Blood volume prior to and following treatment of acute pulmonary edema (.pdf)
• NHLBI - Diuretic Strategies in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (.pdf)
• Peacock - ADHERE registry (.pdf)

Acute Scrotal Pain

• Boettcher M. et al. Clinical and sonographic features predict testicular torsion in children: a prospective study. BJU Int. 2013Dec;112(8):1201-6 (.pdf)
• Citation: Shah MI, Caviness AC, Mendez DR. Prospective Pilot Derivation of a Decision Tool for Children at Low Risk for Testicular Torsion .Academic Emergency Medicine. 2013; 20:271-278. (.pdf)

Amiodarone

• DeSouza et al. Antidysrhythmic drug therapy for the termination of stable, monomorphic ventricular tachycardia: A systematic review. Emergency Medicine Journal (2013) 0: 1-7. (.pdf)
• Dorian, Paul, Dan Cass, Brian Schwartz, Richard Cooper, Robert Gelaznikas, and Aiala Barr. "Amiodarone as Compared with Lidocaine for Shock-Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation."New England Journal of Medicine. 346.12 (2002): 884-90. (.pdf)
• D R Tomlinson, P Cherian, T R Betts, et al. Intravenous amiodarone for the pharmacological termination of hemodynamically-tolerated sustained ventricular tachycardia: is bolus dose amiodarone an appropriate first-line treatment? Emerg Med J 2008 25: 15-18. (.pdf)

Anaphylaxis

• September 2014 journal club summary-anaphylaxis (.pdf)
• "Runge J.W., et al., Histamine antagonists in the treatment of acute allergic reactions.” Annals of Emergency Medicine 1992 Mar;(3):237-242(.pdf)
• Lin et al, Improved Outcomes in Patients With Acute Allergic Syndromes Who Are Treated With Combined H1 and H2 Antagonists November 2000 (.pdf)

Anxiety

• Anxiety
• Gabapentin reduces preoperative anxiety and pain catastrophizing in highly anxious patients prior to major surgery: a blinded randomized placebo-controlled trial. Canadian Journal of Anesthesiology (2013) 60: 432-443. (.pdf)

Career Satisfaction

• Uncertainty Tolerance and Burnout (.pdf)

Choosing Wisely Campaign

• Choosing Wisely Campaign

Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

• CCTA Versus Standard Evaluation in Acute Chest Pain (.pdf)
• CCTA Journal Club Summary (.pdf)

Dabigatran

• FDA Dosing(.pdf)
• Direct Thrombin Inhibitors(.pdf)
• New Events RE-LY Trial (.pdf)

Esophageal Foreign Body

• Al-Haddad - Glucagon for the relief of esophageal food impaction: Does it really work? (.pdf)
• July 2013 Journal Club Summary(.pdf)
• July 2013 Journal Club Summary Notes (.pdf)
• Leopard - The management of esophageal soft food bolus obstruction: a systematic review (.pdf)
• Sodeman - Predictors of Glucagon success in Acute Esophageal Food Bolus Impaction (.pdf)
• Tibbling - Effect of spasmolytic drugs on esophageal foreign bodies (.pdf)

Epistaxis

• Mathiasen, Ronald A., and Raul M. Cruz. "Prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial of a novel matrix hemostatic sealant in patients with acute anterior epistaxis." The Laryngoscope 115.5 (2005): 899-902
• Novel Treatments for Epistaxis

Febrile Seizures

• Febrile Seizures

Gastrointestinal

• Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Cirrhotic Gastrointestinal Bleeding(.pdf)
• Factor VIIa for Variceal Bleeding(.pdf)
• Emergency sclerotherapy versus vasoactive drugs for bleeding oesophageal varices in cirrhotic patients (.pdf)

Geriatric ACS

• Johnman et al, Quality of life following percutaneous coronary interventions in octogenarians: a systematic review. Heart 2013; 99: 779-784 (.pdf)

Gout

• Rainer TH, Cheng CH, Janssens HJ, Man CY, Tam LS, Choi YF, et al. Oral Prednisolone in the Treatment of Acute Gout: A Pragmatic, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:464-471. doi:10.7326/M14-2070

Hip Fracture

• Single Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block For Post-hip Fracture Pain Relief (.pdf)
• Foss - Fascia Iliaca Compartment Blockade for Acute Pain Control in Hip Fracture Patients (.pdf)
• Fletcher - Three-in-one femoral nerve block as analgesia for fractured neck of femur in the emergency department (.pdf)
• September 2013 Journal Club Summary - Regional Anesthesia for Hip Fractures (.pdf)

Infectious Disease

• Abscess Summary(.pdf)
• Bactrim in Abscess (.pdf)
• Cephalexin in Abscess(.pdf)
• Packing in Abscess (.pdf)

Intubation

• February 2013 Journal Club Summary (.pdf)
• Patanwala A. - Succinylcholine Versus Rocuronium for First-attempt Intubation Success (.pdf)

Low Risk Chest Pain

• July 2012 Low Risk Chest Pain Summary(.pdf)
• TIMI Risk Score Applied to ED Patients (.pdf)

Low Risk Pulmonary Embolism

• Outpatient versus inpatient treatment in patients with pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis. Wendy Zondag. ERJ July 1, 2013 vol. 42 no. 1 134-144. (.pdf)
• Zondag W, et. Al. Outpatient treatment in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: the Hestia Study. J thrombosis and haemostasis, 9: 1500-1507, April 2011. (.pdf)

Magnesium and Myocardial

• Magnesium and Myocardial Infraction (.pdf)
• Magnesium and Myocardial Infraction - Meta-analysis (.pdf)

Medical Marijuana

• Bell C. et al. Butane Hash Oil Burns Associated with Marijuana Liberalization in Colorado.  J. Med. Toxicol. (2015) 11:422–425
• July 2016 Journal Club Summary - Unintended side effects of MJ legalization

Meningitis and Complex Febrile Seizures

• LP and First Simple Febrile Seizure Guidelines(.pdf)
• Meningitis and Complex Febrile Seizures (.pdf)
• Simple Febrile Seizure Guidelines (.pdf)

Nephrolithiasis

• Ultrasound Versus Computerized Tomography for Evaluating Urolithiasis Passerotti (.pdf)
• October 2013 Journal Club Summary (.pdf)
• Bo Fan, Deyong Yang, Jianbo Wang, Xiangyu Che, Xiancheng Li, Lina Wang, Feng Chen, Tiezheng Wang and Xishuang Song. Can tamsulosin facilitate expulsion of ureteral stones? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Urology (2013) 20, 818-830. (.pdf)
• Parsons et al. Efficacy of Alpha Blockers for the treatment of Ureteral Stones. The Journal of Urology. Vol. 177, 983-987, March 2007. (.pdf)
• Ferre et al.-Tamsulosin for Ureteral Stones in the Emergency Department: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2009; 54:432-439. (.pdf)

Obesity Intervention

• Obesity Intervention

Pain Management

• Pain Management Protocols in the Netherlands(.pdf)
• Intravenous Opiods for Severe Acute Pain(.pdf)

Patient Controlled Analgesia

• Birnbaum - Efficacy of Patient-controlled Analgesia for Patients With Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department(.pdf)
• Rahman - Randomized controlled trial of patient-controlled analgesia compared with boluses of analgesia for the control of acute traumatic pain in the emergency(.pdf)

PCI after ROSC

• December 2012 JC Summary (.pdf)
• Larsen et al. Acute Coronary Angiography After ROSC - A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (.pdf)
• Zanuttini, D. et al. Emergency Coronary Angiography After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (.pdf)

Pediatric Appendicitis

• Manoj K. Mittal, MD, et al., for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics (.pdf)
• August 2014 Journal Club Summary - Pediatric Appendicitis (.pdf)
• Goldman et al., Prospective Validation of the Pediatric Appendicitis Score, The Journal of Pediatrics, August 2008 (.pdf)

Pediatric Head Trauma

• CHALICE Score(.pdf)
• PECARN Head Trauma (.pdf)
• Pediatric Head Trauma Quick Reference (.pdf)
• SCALP Score (.pdf)
• Skull Radiographs and Pediatric Emergency Physician Interpretation (.pdf)

Peripheral Vasopressors

• Cardenas - Garcia J et al.  J Hosp Med. 2015 Sep;10(9):581-5. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2394. Epub 2015 May 26

Pharmacology

• Etomidate and Adrenal Suppression (.pdf)
• Etomidate on Septic Patient Mortality and Length of Stay (.pdf)
• Etomidate and Midazolam on hospital length of stay in patients with suspected sepsis (.pdf)
• Journal Club Summary (.pdf)

Pneumonia

• Pneumonia Severity Index and Admission (.pdf)
• Clinical Judgment vs. Pneumonia Severity Index(.pdf)
• Aug 2012 Pneumonia Summary (.pdf)

Pulmonary Embolism

• Prognostic Model for PE (.pdf)
• PE Risk Score (.pdf)
• November 2013/Pulmonary Embolism Treatment Journal Club Summary (.pdf)

Radiation Risks

• CT Radiation Risk (.pdf)
• Radiation Risk Summary(.pdf)
• National Trends in ED CT Use (.pdf)

Resuscitation Fluids

• Chowdhury AH, Cox EF, Francis ST, Lobo DN. A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Crossover Study on the Effects of 2-L Infusions of 0.9% Saline and Plasma-Lyte148 on Renal Blood Flow Velocity and Renal Cortical Tissue in HealthyVolunteers. Ann Surg 2012;256:18–24(.pdf)
• Young JB, et al. Saline Versus Plasma-Lyte A in Initial Resuscitation of Trauma Patients: A Randomized Trial Annals of Surgery 2014; 259(2):255-262
• March 2014 Journal Club Summary - Resuscitation Fluids

RUQ Ultrasound

• January 2015 Journal Club Summary - Right Upper Quadrant Ultrasound (.pdf)
• Jang et al: The Learning Curve of Resident Physicians Using Emergency Ultrasonography for Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis. Acad Emerg Med; November 2010, Volume 17, No. 11. (.pdf)
• Summers et al: A Prospective Evaluation of Emergency Department Bedside Ultrasonography for the Detection of Acute Cholecystitis. Annals of Emergency Medicine August 2010; Volume 56, No.2. (.pdf)
• Kendal et al. Performance and interpretation of focused right upper quadrant ultrasound by emergency physicians. J Emerg Med. 2001; 21 (1): 7-13. (.pdf)

Sedation

• Midazolam, ketamine and recovery agitation (.pdf)

Sepsis

• Abnormal Vital Signs Trigger(.pdf)
• Sepsis Deterioration in Wards (.pdf)
• Sepsis 2011 Summary (.pdf)
• Nonadherence to EGDT (.pdf)

Skin & Soft Tissue Infection

• Arthur Jeng, MD, Manie Beheshti, MD, John Li, MD, and Ramesh Nathan, MD. The Role of A-Hemolytic Streptococci in Causing Diffuse, Nonculturable Cellulitis A Prospective Investigation. Medicine, Vol 89:4, July 2010. (.pdf)

Streptococcal Pharyngitis Treatment

• Little P, Stuart B, Hobbs FD, Butler CC, Hay AD, Campbell J, et al; DESCARTE investigators. Predictors of suppurative complications for acute sore throat in primary care: prospective clinical cohort study. BMJ 2013;347:f6867
• Role of antibiotics in suspected Group A Strep Pharyngitis: Journal Club Summary
• Resident Summary of Streptococcal Pharyngitis Journal Club

Stroke

• Endovascular Therapy for Stroke (.pdf)
• Sept 2012 Stroke Summary(.pdf)
• TPA For Acute Ischemic Stroke(.pdf)

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage January 2013 Journal Club Summary (.pdf)
• McCormack et al. - Can CT/CTA replace CT/LP for SAH?(.pdf)
• Backes et al, Time-Dependent Test Characteristics if Head Computed Tomography in Patients Suspected of Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Stroke AHA Journals, DOI: 10.1161/StrokeAHA.112.658880

Submersion

• Suominen - Health-related quality of life after a drowning incident as a child (.pdf)
• Tipton - Decision making guide for search, rescue and resuscitation of submersion victims (.pdf)
• August 2013 Journal Club Summary (.pdf)

Surgery vs Antibiotics Alone for Appendicitis

• Du Saveruio, S. et al. The NOTA Study (Non Operative Treatment for Acute Appendicitis):  prospective study on the efficacy and safety of antibiotics (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid) for treating patients with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and long term follow-up of conservatively treated suspected appendicitis. Annals of Surgery, 2014 Jul; 260(1), 109-117.

Therapeutic Hypothermia

• Therapeutic Hypothermia

Ventricular Tachycardia and Antiarrhythmics

• Ventricular Tachycardia and Antiarrhythmics