BETs and CAs in this Category

			Bypass is better than external rewarming after hypothermic cardiac arrest
			Combining clinical probability and ventilation-perfusion scan for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
			Chest wall tenderness: a useful discriminatory sign of PE?
			Do buckle fractures of the paediatric wrist require follow-up?
			Nitrate therapy in distinguishing between cardiac and non-cardiac chest pain
			Are routine chest x ray and ECG examinations helpful in the evaluation of asymptomatic heart murmurs?
			Is transmyocardial revascularisation of benefit to people with 'no option' angina?
			Is ibuprofen or indomethacin better for medical closure of the patent ductus arterious?
			Accuracy of a chest x-ray in diagnosing dissecting thoracic aneurysm.
			The sensitivity of a normal chest radiograph in ruling out aortic dissection
			Peripheral pulses to exclude thoracic aortic dissection
			Detection of Acute Aortic Dissection with D-Dimer
			How good is clinical examination at detecting a significant patent ductus arteriosus in the preterm neonate?
			Which patients would benefit from an intra-aortic balloon pump prior to cardiac surgery ?
			Should a prolonged or short course of indomethacin be used in preterm infants to treat patent ductus arteriosus
			Safety of inferior vena cava filters as primary treatment for proximal deep vein thrombosis
			Does use of aprotinin in coronary artery bypass graft surgery affect graft patency
			Spiral CT in Aortic Dissection
			Can epiaortic ultrasound reduce the incidence of intraoperative stroke during cardiac surgery?
			Massive PE and cardiogenic shock. To thrombolyse or not to thrombolyse, that is the question.
			In patients undergoing cardiac surgery does asymptomatic significant carotid artery stenosis warrant carotid endarterectomy?
			Is carotid artery stenting equivalent or superior to carotid endarterectomy for treatment of carotid artery stenosis?
			Surgery or indomethacin as the treatment for symptomatic PDA in preterm infants
			Central line insertion in deranged clotting

Generic appraisals

Marinelli G, Chiappini B, Di Eusanio M et al.

Bypass Grafting with coronary endarterectomy: immediate and long-term results

Cohort

Puskas JD, Williams, Duke PG et al.

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting provides complete revascularization with reduced myocardial injury,transfusion requirements, and length of stay: a single blind RCT

Randomised control trial

Bokhari F, Backenridge S, Ngy K, Roberts R, Smith R, Joseph K, An G, Wiley D, Barrett J.

Prospective evaluation of the sensitivity of physical examination in chest trauma

Diagnosis

Rebecca K. Fastle and Mark G. Roback.

Pediatric rapid sequence intubation: Incidence of reflex bradycardia and effects of pretreatment with atropine.

Cohort

Kirkpatrick AW

Hand-held Thoracic Sonography for Detecting Post-Traumatic Pneumothoraces: the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST)

Diagnosis

Kapur N, Cooper J, Rodway C, Kelly J, Guthrie E, Mackway-Jones K.

Predicting the risk of repetition after self harm: cohort study

Cohort

levitan RM

Limitations of difficult airway prediction in patients intubated in the emergency department.

Cohort

Baker R.C, Tiller T., Bausher J. et al

Severity of Disease correlated with fever reduction in febrile infants

Cohort