Thursday, 31 October 2013

Journal Club, November 6 2013

Here is this month's article for EMUS journal club:

Bedside ultrasound and the assessment of renal
colic: a review

Peregrine James Dalziel, Vicki Elizabeth Noble

Emerg Med J (2012). doi:10.1136/emermed-2012-201375

This article is freely available online.

Journal club will be at 9:15 am at the Civic

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

EMUS Ottawa Journal Club - October 9, 2013

This week we explore the use of Ultrasound for the diagnosis of pediatric elbow fractures.  Will it stand up to Xray as a useful modality in this setting? Ribiner and the crew may hold the answer...

Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for Diagnosis of Elbow Fractures in Children. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2013;61(1):9-17.