Thyroid storm is a rare but life-threatening endocrine condition that should be considered, recognised and treated quickly…
Back Pain in Children
4-year-old child unable to weight bear, and inconsolable crying.…
Relative Risk
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…
The Mental Health Act and Emergency Medicine
Approximately 10% of all admissions to the Emergency Department (ED) are related to patients having a mental health crisis. With the ever increasing numbers of patients requiring mental health input,…
Valvular Heart Disease
This session deals with the important presentations of valvular heart disease in adults and the early management in the emergency department…
Management of the Anticoagulated Patient
With the possibility of catastrophic bleeding seen in the over-anticoagulated patient, be it spontaneous or following trauma.…
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.…
Stroke in the ED
Outlining the epidemiology and pathophysiology of stroke…
Oxygen in Human Physiology
This session reviews the transfer of oxygen from the atmosphere to the body’s tissues.…
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 Diagnostic Test: D-Dimer
Critical Appraisal: Appraising a Diagnostic Test: D-Dimer…
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.…