Week 30 – Battle of the Decades Journal Club

Battle of the Decades Journal Club: 2/1/24

Chicken & Pickle: 5215 UTSA Boulevard, San Antonio, TX

Group assignments can be found here. Your group assignments correspond to a decade. You are required to read the 2 articles from that decade and are encouraged to dress up in fashion that corresponds to your assigned decade! Best dressed group as well as individual will get a prize!

1970s

• “Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism. A Correlative Study of the Clinical, Scan and Angiographic Findings.”
• “Nitroprusside Therapy: Treatment of Hypertensive Patients with Recurrent Resting Chest Pain, ST-Segment Elevation, and Ventricular Arrhythmias.”

1980s

• “Myocardial Salvage after Intracoronary Thrombolysis with Streptokinase in Acute Myocardial Infarction.“
• “Methylprednisolone and Neurological Function 1 Year after Spinal Cord Injury.“

1990s

• “Immediate versus Delayed Fluid Administration for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injuries.“
• “Effect of Full-Time, Specialized Physician Supervision on the Success of a Large, Urban Emergency Medical Services System.”

2000s

• “Medical Anti-Shock Trousers (Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garments) for Circulatory Support in Patients with Trauma (Review).“
• “Early Goal Directed Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock.”

1700-1730: Meet/greet, fashion show
1730-1830: Small group discussion and breakout
1830-2000: Large group discussion and costume awards
2000-2200: Mentor family time/pickleball

EM1: Big overview of the paper, and if applicable epidemiology/definitions/diagnosis/workup and PICO (if original study)
EM2: Key takeaways, what to focus on, and if applicable recommendations/treatments. How does this differ from what we do today?
EM3: How is this going to change your practice? What are any flaws in the methods?”