You are reading a paper about the effect of tranexamic acid for patients who have suffered major trauma…
Specificity
You are reading a paper about a new blood test called myocyte necrosis factor, to diagnose Acute Coronary Syndrome…
Effect of Vitamin C on Frequency of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in Wrist Fractures: A Randomised Trial
Prospective, randomised, placebo controlled, double blinded trial…
Negative Predictive Value
A paper about a new blood, test called myocyte necrosis factor, to diagnose Acute Coronary Syndrome…
Likelihood Ratio of a Positive Test
A paper about a new blood test called myocyte necrosis factor, to diagnose Acute Coronary Syndrome.…
Sensitivity
You are reading a paper about a new blood, test called myocyte necrosis factor, to diagnose Acute Coronary Syndrome…
Receiver Operator Curves (ROC)
You are reading a paper evaluating a diagnostic test. The authors report the test against a gold standard and present Receiver Operating Curves (ROC).…
Likelihood Ratio of a Negative Test
A paper about a new blood, test called myocyte necrosis factor, to diagnose Acute Coronary Syndrome…
Critical Appraisal: Appraising a Treatment, Early Goal Directed Therapy
This session covers the critical appraisal of an important randomised controlled trial.…
Randomisation, Allocation Concealment, and Blinding
On the recommendation of a colleague, you are reading the PARAMEDIC trial that compared mechanical CPR using the LUCAS-2 device, with conventional manual CPR…
Power, Sample Size, and Significance
You have been assigned the following paper from the New England Journal of Medicine to appraise for your weekly journal club meeting…
Critical Appraisal: Appraising a Systematic Review – Migraine
This session deals with the critical appraisal of a meta-analysis of a treatment for a common emergency presentation.…
Positive Predictive Values
You are reading a paper about a new blood, test called myocyte necrosis factor, to diagnose Acute Coronary Syndrome…
Number Needed to Treat
You are reading a paper about the effect of tranexamic acid for patients who have suffered major trauma…
Number Needed to Harm
You are reading a paper about the effect of tranexamic acid for patients who have suffered major trauma…
Absolute Risk Reduction
A paper about the effect of tranexamic acid for patients who have suffered major trauma…
A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Non-Shockable Cardiac Arrest
Systematic review of randomised and non-randomised trials of therapeutic hypothermia for non-shockable cardiac arrest…
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance With T2-Weighted Imaging
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance With T2-Weighted Imaging Improves Detection of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department…