Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries. Bickell WH, Wall MJ Jr., Pepe PE et al (1994) N Engl J Med 331:1105–1109
Selecting references that match constructs: the difficult job of citing the parachute hyperbole
Alfonso Iorio Æ Lorenzo Moja Æ Alessandro Liberati Æ, Gian Franco Gensini Æ Roberto Gusinu Æ
Andrea A. Conti. Intern Emerg Med DOI 10.1007/s11739-008-0149-8 (2008)
I used these when training DM students research methodologies. The second is the debate about the need and ethicality of RCTs in the haemophilia field. Might be one to refer to rather than have as main paper to critically assess but it certainly prompts some good doctoral level discussion.
Mary
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Subject: Re: Critical appraisal papers
Try the recent EMJ 'Digital anaesthesia: one injection or two ?' paper
from July 2010 EMJ.
Common scenario, could change practice, some issues with the
methodology. We favourably used this for a recent journal club.
Nice and short.
Paul Ransom
On 20/10/2010 13:44, Jason Horan wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I am doing some teaching sessions with the SHOs and Registrars on critical appraisal and I want to do a walk-through of how to critically appraise a paper, most likely a RCT.
>
> I was wondering if anyone on the list would have a particularly useful paper in mind.
>
> What I'm looking for is:-
> 1) Something short that I can get everyone to read beforehand
> 2) Possibly quite a good paper
> 3) Maybe a paper with glaring deficiencies would be better? (This might provoke discussion in the group)
> 4) Does not have to be directly related to EM, but it would be a bonus
>
> What I don't want is something that is FCEM level material, as this will probably be the first outing for everybody.
>
> Can anyone think of a paper that might be suitable? A reference is fine, because I can pull most journals down from Athens.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jason
>
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