Daniel Rutz
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May 19
Lit of the Week — 5/3/16
Lit of the Week – 5/3/16 Glasgow Blatchford Bleeding Score Blatchford O, Murray WR, Blatchford M. A risk score to predict need for treatment for upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Lancet. 2000 Oct 14;356(9238):1318-21. PubMed PMID: 11073021 Clinical question / background: Can a risk score based on medical history, hemodynamic variables, and simple lab data …
Apr 29
Lit of the Week — Dopamine vs Norepinephrine in Treatment of Shock
Lit of the Week – 4/26/16 SOAP II: Comparison of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the Treatment of Shock De Backer D, Biston P, Devriendt J, Madl C, Chochrad D, Aldecoa C, Brasseur A, Defrance P, Gottignies P, Vincent JL; SOAP II Investigators. Comparison of dopamine and norepinephrine in the treatment of shock. N Engl J …
Apr 19
Lit of the Week — Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Lit of the Week – 4/12/16 Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Rea T, Nichol G, Morrison LJ, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Wittwer L, Callaway CW, Christenson J, Egan D, Ornato JP, Weisfeldt ML, Stiell IG, Idris AH, Aufderheide TP, Dunford JV, Colella MR, Vilke GM, Brienza AM, Desvigne-Nickens P, Gray PC, Gray R, Seals …
Mar 29
Lit of the Week — Acute Acetaminophen Toxicity and NAC
Lit of the Week – 3/29/16 Rumack BH, Peterson RC, Koch GG, Amara IA. Acetaminophen overdose. 662 cases with evaluation of oral acetylcysteine treatment. Arch Intern Med. 1981 Feb 23;141(3 Spec No):380-5. PubMed PMID: 7469629. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7469629 Clinical question / background: Does N-acetylcysteine prevent or moderate hepatotoxicity secondary to acute acetaminophen overdose? Design: …
Mar 22
Lit of the Week — Ottawa Ankle and Foot Rules
Lit of the Week – 3/01/16 Stiell IG, Greenberg GH, McKnight RD, Nair RC, McDowell I, Reardon M, Stewart JP, Maloney J. Decision rules for the use of radiography in acute ankle injuries. Refinement and prospective validation. JAMA. 1993 Mar 3;269(9):1127-32. Clinical question / background: Can decision rules based on history and simple …
Mar 15
Lit of the Week – Sepsis 3.0
Lit of the Week – 3/15/16 Singer M, Deutschman CS, Seymour CW, Shankar-Hari M, Annane D, Bauer M, Bellomo R, Bernard GR, Chiche JD, Coopersmith CM, Hotchkiss RS, Levy MM, Marshall JC, Martin GS, Opal SM, Rubenfeld GD, van der Poll T, Vincent JL, Angus DC. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic …
Feb 23
Lit of the Week — Airway Assessment Score and Predictors of Difficult BVM
Lit of the Week – 2/2/16 Reed MJ, Dunn MJ, McKeown DW. Can an airway assessment score predict difficulty at intubation in the emergency department? Emerg Med J. 2005 Feb;22(2):99-102. Clinical question / background: Can an airway assessment score based on the LEMON method detect difficulty at intubation (Cormack and Lehane Grade …
Feb 23
Lit of the Week — Antihistamines in Acute Allergic Reaction
Lin RY, Curry A, Pesola GR, Knight RJ, Lee HS, Bakalchuk L, Tenenbaum C, Westfal RE. Improved outcomes in patients with acute allergic syndromes who are treated with combined H1 and H2 antagonists. Ann Emerg Med. 2000 Nov;36(5):462-8. PubMed PMID: 11054200. Clinical question / background: Does combined H1 and H2 blockade result in improved …
Jan 21
Lit of the Week – Wells Score
Wells PS, Anderson DR, Rodger M, Stiell I, Dreyer JF, Barnes D, Forgie M, Kovacs G, Ward J, Kovacs MJ. Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and d-dimer. Ann Intern Med. 2001 Jul 17;135(2):98-107. …
Jan 14
Lit of the Week – ARDSNet Ventilation
Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4;342(18):1301-8. Clinical question / background: In patients with ARDS, does ventilation with lower tidal volumes versus traditional higher tidal volumes reduce …