Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 162

Welcome to the 162nd edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature. This edition contains 5 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid, Soren Rudolph, Justin Morgenstern and, of course, Chris Nickson. Find more R&R in the Fastlane reviews in the R&R Archive, read more about the R&R project or check out the full list of R&R contributors This Edition’s R&R Hall of Famer Research and Critical Appraisal Ioannidis JP. Evidence-based medicine has been hijacked: a report to David Sackett. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 73:82-6. 2016. PMID: 26934549 This is just one of those papers that everyone should take the time to read. Written in the form of a letter to and eulogy for the great Dr. David Sackett, this beautifully written paper describes how industry has hijacked evidence based medicine by performing very high quality studies that ask the wrong questions or measure the wrong outcomes. Recommended by Justin Morgenstern The Best of the Rest Emergency Medicine Daniels L et al. Randomized clinical trial of observational versus antibiotic treatment for a first episode of CT-proven uncomplicated acute diverticulitis. The British journ...
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