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Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club is a bi-monthly feature that seeks to improve the critical appraisal skills of emergency physicians and other interested readers through a guided critique of actual Annals of Emergency Medicine articles. The questions appear along with the article on which they comment. Answers are published in print 5 months later. U.S. residency directors have immediate access to the answers through the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Share Point Web site. International residency directors can gain access to the answers by going to http://www.emergencymedicine.ucla.edu/annalsjc/ and following the directions. We are interested in receiving feedback about this feature. Please e-mail your comments to journalclub@acep.org.

November 2009


Article

Journal Club questions The Out-of-Hospital Validation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics , 27 April 2009 eExtra
Christian Vaillancourt, Ian G. Stiell, Tammy Beaudoin, Justin Maloney, Andrew R. Anton, Paul Bradford, Ed Cain, Andrew Travers, Matt Stempien, Martin Lees, Doug Munkley, Erica Battram, Jane Banek, George A. Wells
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 5, Pages 663-671.e1)
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Questions

Journal Club: Clinical Prediction Rules
Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 5, Pages 672-673)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (114 KB)


Answers
These will appear in the April 2010 issue

September 2009


Article

Journal Club questions Tamsulosin for Ureteral Stones in the Emergency Department: A Randomized, Controlled Trial , 06 February 2009 eExtra
Robinson M. Ferre, Jessica N. Wasielewski, Tania D. Strout, Andrew D. Perron
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 3, Pages 432-439.e2)
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Questions

Journal Club: Outcome Measures, Interim Analyses, and Bayesian Approaches to Randomized Trials
Aaron M. Brown, Tyler W. Barrett
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 3, Pages 440-441)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (115 KB)


Answers
These will appear in the February 2010 issue

July 2009


Article

Journal Club questions Interrater Reliability and Accuracy of Clinicians and Trained Research Assistants Performing Prospective Data Collection in Emergency Department Patients With Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome , 30 January 2009
Carlos O. Cruz, Emily B. Meshberg, Frances S. Shofer, Christine M. McCusker, Anna Marie Chang, Judd E. Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 1, Pages 1-7)
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Questions

Journal Club: The Measurement of Reliability
Frank C. Day, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 1, Pages 9-11)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (176 KB)


Answers
These will appear in the December 2009 issue

May 2009


Article

Journal Club questions Comparisons of High Versus Low Emergency Department Utilizers in Sickle Cell Disease , 17 October 2008
Imoigele P. Aisiku, Wally R. Smith, Donna K. McClish, James L. Levenson, Lynne T. Penberthy, Susan D. Roseff, Viktor E. Bovbjerg, John D. Roberts
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 5, Pages 587-593)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (290 KB)



Questions

Journal Club: Frequent Fliers, Internal and External Validity, and the Problem With Making Continuous Variables Binary
Sanjay Arora, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 5, Pages 594-595)
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Answers

Journal Club questions Frequent Fliers, Internal and External Validity, and Problems With Making Continuous Variables Binary: Answers to the May 2009 Journal Club Questions
Sanjay Arora, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 4, Pages 628-634)
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March 2009


Article

Journal Club questions Clevidipine, an Intravenous Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker, Is Safe and Effective for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Severe Hypertension , 06 June 2008
Charles V. Pollack, Joseph Varon, Norman A. Garrison, Ramin Ebrahimi, Lala Dunbar, W. Frank Peacock
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 3, Pages 329-338)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (247 KB)



Questions

Pollack CV, Varon J, Garrison NA, et al. Clevidipine, an Intravenous Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker, Is Safe and Effective for Treatment of Patients With Acute Severe Hypertension
Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 3, Pages 339-340)
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Answers

Clevidipine, an Intravenous Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker, Is Safe and Effective for Treatment of Patients With Acute Severe Hypertension: Answers to the March 2009 Journal Club Questions
Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2009 (Vol. 54, Issue 2, Pages 301-307)
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January 2009


Article

The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: Evaluating the Emergency Care Environment State by State 2009 Edition
Stephen K. Epstein, Jonathan L. Burstein, Randall B. Case, Angela F. Gardner, Sanford H. Herman, Jon Mark Hirshon, John W. Jermyn, Mary Pat McKay, James C. Mitchiner, William P. Sullivan, Mary Jo Wagner, Susan Beer, Laura Tiberi, Craig Price, Ron Cunningham, Dean Wilkerson, Marilyn Bromley, Marjorie Geist, Laura Gore, Cynthia A. Singh, Gordon Wheeler, Stacy F. Gleason, Jennifer Decker, Valerie M. Gwinner, Renee H. Schwalberg
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 1, Pages 4-148)
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Questions

The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: Evaluating the Emergency Care Environment State by State 2009 Edition
Benjamin S. Heavrin, Tyler W. Barrett, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 1, Pages 149-150)
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Answers

Journal Club questions The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: Answers to the January 2009 Journal Club Questions
Benjamin S. Heavrin, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 6, Pages 828-834)
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November 2008


Article

Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Sepsis Patients: Monotherapy With β-Lactam or β-Lactam Plus an Aminoglycoside? , 25 February 2008
Richard Sinert, Leah Bright
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 5, Pages 557-560)
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Questions

Sinert R, Bright L. Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Sepsis Patients: Monotherapy With β-Lactam or β-Lactam Plus an Aminoglycoside? Ann Emerg Med 2008;52:557-560; doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.013
Teri A. Reynolds, David L. Schriger, Tyler W. Barrett
Annals of Emergency Medicine
November 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 5, Pages 561-562)
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Answers

Journal Club questions Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Sepsis Patients: Monotherapy With β-Lactam or β-Lactam Plus an Aminoglycoside? Answers to the November 2008 Journal Club Questions
Teri A. Reynolds, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
April 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 4, Pages 536-543)
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September 2008


Article

Journal Club questions Out-of-Hospital Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation Versus Usual Care in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial , 04 April 2008 eExtra
James Thompson, David A. Petrie, Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz, Darrell J. Bardua
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 3, Pages 232-241.e1)
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Questions

Thompson J, Petrie DA, Ackroyd-Stolarz S, Bardua DJ Out-of-Hospital Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation Versus Usual Care in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Jeffrey J. Brywczynski, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
September 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 3, Pages 242-243)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (151 KB)


Answers

Journal Club questions Out-of-Hospital Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation Versus Usual Care in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial: Answers to the September 2008 Journal Club Questions
Jeremy J. Brywczynski, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 2, Pages 272-283)
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July 2008


Article

Journal Club questions Risk Prediction With Procalcitonin and Clinical Rules in Community-Acquired Pneumonia , 17 March 2008 eExtra
David T. Huang, Lisa A. Weissfeld, John A. Kellum, Donald M. Yealy, Lan Kong, Michael Martino, Derek C. Angus, GenIMS Investigators
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 1, Pages 48-58.e2)
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Questions

Huang DT, Weissfeld LA, Kellum JA, et al Risk Prediction With Procalcitonin and Clinical Rules in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Michael D. Menchine, Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
July 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 1, Pages 59-60)
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Answers

Journal Club Risk Prediction With Procalcitonin and Clinical Rules in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Answers to the July 2008 Journal Club Questions
Michael D. Menchine, David L. Schriger, Tyler W. Barrett
Annals of Emergency Medicine
December 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 6, Pages 754-763)
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May 2008


Article

Journal Club questions Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure in a County Emergency Department: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Comparison of Nesiritide Versus Placebo Treatment , 28 February 2008
Adam H. Miller, Shameem Nazeer, Paul Pepe, Barbi Estes, April Gorman, Clyde W. Yancy
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 5, Pages 571-578)
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Questions

Miller AH, Nazeer S, Pepe P, et al Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure in a County Emergency Department: A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Comparison of Nesiritide Versus Placebo Treatment
Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 5, Pages 580-582)
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Answers

Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure in a County Emergency Department: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Comparison of Nesiritide Versus Placebo Treatment: Answers to May 2008 Journal Club Questions
Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
October 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 4, Pages 458-472)
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March 2008


Article

Patient Acceptance of Rapid HIV Testing Practices in an Urban Emergency Department: Assessment of the 2006 CDC Recommendations for HIV Screening in Health Care Settings , 21 January 2008 eExtra
Jason S. Haukoos, Emily Hopkins, Richard L. Byyny, Denver Emergency Department HIV Testing Study Group
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 3, Pages 303-309.e1)
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Questions

Haukoos JS, Hopkins E, Byyny, RL, For the Denver Emergency Department HIV Testing Study Group Patient Acceptance of Rapid HIV Testing Practices in an Urban Emergency Department: Assessment of the 2006 CDC Recommendations for HIV Screening in Health Care Settings
Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
March 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 3, Pages 310-311)
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Answers

Journal Club questions Practical Considerations in HIV Testing in the Emergency Department, Characteristics of Diagnostic Tests, and the Role of Sensitivity Analysis in Observational Studies: Answers to March 2008 Journal Club Questions
Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
August 2008 (Vol. 52, Issue 2, Pages 170-181)
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January 2008


Article

Emergency Department Crowding Is Associated With Poor Care for Patients With Severe Pain , 03 October 2007
Jesse M. Pines, Judd E. Hollander
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 1, Pages 1-5)
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Questions

Pines JM, Hollander JE Emergency Department Crowding is Associated with Poor Care for Patients with Severe Pain
Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
January 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 1, Pages 6-7)
Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (87 KB)


Answers

Measures of Emergency Department Crowding, Odds Ratios, and the Dangers of Making Continuous Data Categorical: Answers to January 2008 Journal Club Questions
Tyler W. Barrett, David L. Schriger
Annals of Emergency Medicine
June 2008 (Vol. 51, Issue 6, Pages 782-789)
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