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Category Archives: critical appraisal

IV dextrose for kids with gastro

7 Jan

  Levy, Jason A, Richard G Bachur, Michael C Monuteaux, and Mark Waltzman. “Intravenous Dextrose for Children with Gastroenteritis and Dehydration: a Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial..” Annals of Emergency Medicine. PMID 22959318 METHODS RCT of kids with relatively severe gastro … Read More »

critical appraisal dextrose, FOAMed, gastro, paeds 3 Comments

PCI for stroke trials

3 Jan

OK, so I admit PCI for stroke is something I made up, but I think it’s a reasonable analogy. Given that treatment for STEMI moved from tPA to PCI then it’s hardly surprising to see a similar trend in the … Read More »

critical appraisal, stroke thrombolysis clot retrieval, FOAMed, stroke, thrombectomy 1 Comment

Which test for rotator cuff tear following shoulder dislocation?

17 Dec

There are of course a number of papers looking at the same thing but I saw this one recently. Yuen, Chi Kit, Ka Leung Mok, and Pui Gay Kan. “The Validity of 9 Physical Tests for Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears … Read More »

critical appraisal empty can test, examination, FOAMed, rotator cuff tear 2 Comments

Ketamine use in TBI – the ICP goes down not up.

8 Dec

H/T Rob Bryant for tweeting the paper. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/RobJBryant13/status/271116807195217920″] We all love ketamine, or at least Minh does. But there has always been the bogey man stories, that if you use ketamine in someone with a head injury, there brain will … Read More »

critical appraisal ICP, ketamine 4 Comments

Some thoughts on concussion

2 Dec

Concussion is a strange beast. We know what to do with extra-durals (we think) but what do we do with concussion. We don’t even know what it means or what is going on at a cellular level. Yeah the CT … Read More »

critical appraisal concussion, head injury, sports medicine 4 Comments

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