Journal Club 2/4
January 24th, 2009 at 6:29 pm by NickShawn will be presenting Journal Club on February 4th, and he’s proposed a bold new format.
We’ll be covering four articles on induction & paralysis — see below. Members of each class are expected to read & analyze one specific article (and it would be in their best interest to be familiar with the others).
Residents should be prepared to answer these questions about their article:
1. What was good about study?
2. What were limitations?
3. What were their conclusions?
4. Do you agree with conclusions? Why or why not?
5. Is it applicable to our patients?
Shawn adds: “No small groups. Everyone is responsible for at least their article. I will call on people so they better come prepared.”
EM1s - read the paralyzing agents (sux vs. roc vs. vec) article (Misra et. al, Indian J. Anesth 2005 49(6); 469-473)
EM2s - read latest etomidate study in Academic Emergency Medicine (Tekwani et al, Acad EM 2009; 16:11–14)
EM3s - read the CORTICUS study (Sprung et al, N Engl J Med 2008;358:111-24)
EM4s - read latest etomidate study in Journal of Trauma (Hildreth et al, J Trauma. 2008;65:573–579)
Also, everyone should read both sides of the recent Sacchetti / Walls argument in Annals. These are both quick prose reads; no analysis needed.
Residents, the login and password for these journal articles appears in my email.
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