Evidence-Based Medicine
BestBETS – Best Evidence Topics provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. Thirteen new or modified BETS were added last month. Highlights include:
Timing of antibiotic administration in community-acquired pneumonia
Cylinder plaster versus cricket pad splint in uncomplicated patellar fractures
GlideScope in the Emergency Department
Alpha-blockers increase the chances of a successful trial without catheter
Nicardipine hydrochloride for hypertensive crisis in patients with aortic dissection
Hypertonic sodium solutions vs mannitol in reducing ICP in traumatic brain injury
Elevation of serum magnesium may improve clinical outcome after aneursymal subarachnoid haemorrhage
Rapid tranquilisation in acute psychotic agitation
Cochrane Library
Highlights this month include:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Analgesia in patients with acute abdominal pain
Antifibrinolytic drugs for acute traumatic injury
Carbamazepine for acute and chronic pain in adults
Clopidogrel plus aspirin versus aspirin alone for preventing cardiovascular disease
Factor Xa inhibitors for acute coronary syndromes
Mechanical versus manual chest compressions for cardiac arrest
Non-antiepileptic drugs for trigeminal neuralgia
Treatments for symptomatic urinary tract infections during pregnancy
Antifibrinolytic drugs for acute traumatic injury
Other Reviews
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Dose-response relationship for risk of non-vertebral fracture with inhaled corticosteroids
An innovative and cost-effective way of managing ankle fractures prior to surgery: home therapy
Highlights from the Literature
Emergency Medicine Journal 28 (2) February 2011
Emergency department-focused thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke
An evaluation of echo in life support (ELS): is it feasible? What does it add?
Demand and capacity planning in the emergency department: how to do it
Conferences, Study
NPIS Study Day, 17 February, The British Library, London
CEM Simulation Faculty Course, 23 March, London
Emergency Urology Course - Sat 26th March, Cambridge
Emergency Medicine Simulation Faculty Course, 28 March, Cambridge
CEM CPD Event, 29 – 31 March, Southampton
Neurotrauma & Major Trauma-Update 2011, 5 April, Leeds
SAVE - Simulator Airway Ventilation Emergency, 14 April, Cambridge
NPIS Study Day, 15 April, Newcastle
Basic Trauma Course, 16 April, Solihull
CEM UK Team course, 13/14 May, Bristol
CEM UK Team course, 2/3 June, Birmingham
ACCS - Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine, 27 June, Cambridge
CEM UK Team course, 27th/28th September, London
Advanced Life Support Group, 26 Feb, 9 March, 4 May
Acute Care Conference, September 2011, Leicester
New Medscape Emergency Medicine CME
Implementing REMS Into Practice
Managing Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: The State of the Art
Sudden Cardiac Death in Chronic Kidney Disease: Epidemiology and Prevention
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