Internal Medicine Residency
Journal Club
This page is a work in progress and is continually being updated. You will find the
CATs (critically appraised topics) presented by the residents at Journal Club.
We hope that his site will grow into a useful resource of evidence based medicine topics.
Please check back periodically for new additions.
Epidemiology Lecture Series - Summer 2005
Critically Appraised Topics (CATs)
General medicine
- Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN Diets for Change in Weight
and Related Risk Factors Among Overweight Premenopausal Women.
The A TO Z Weight Loss Study: A Randomized Trial. JAMA 2007;297:969-978.
CAT
- Do Doctors Vote? J Gen Intern Med 2007;22(5):585-9.
CAT
- A Study of Sexuality and Health among Older Adults in the United States.
NEJM 2007;357:762-774.
CAT
Women's Health
- Human Papillomavirus DNA versus Papanicolaou Screening Tests for Cervical Cancer
NEJM 2007;357:1579-1588.CAT
- The Health Outcomes and Reduced Incidence with Zoledronic Acid Once Yearly
Recurrent Fracture Trial - Zoledronic Acid and Clinical Fractures and Mortality
after Hip Fracture. NEJM 2007;357: .CAT
Occupational Medicine
- Occupational exposure and mycosis fungoides. A European multicentre
case-control study (Europe). Cancer Causes and Control 2005;16:1253-1259.
CAT
Cardiology
- Rhythm Control Versus Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure.
NEJM 2008;358:2667-2676.
CAT
Endocrinology
- Effects of Intensive Glucose Lowering in Type 2 Diabetes.
The Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) Study Group.
NEJM 2008;358(24):2545-2559.
CAT
- Benefits and Risks of Tight Glucose Control in Critically Ill Adults: A meta-analysis.
JAMA. 2008;300(8):933-944.
CAT
Gastroenterology and hepatology
Geriatrics
Hematology
- Duration of Red-Cell Storage and Complications after Cardiac Surgery.
NEJM 2008;358;1229-1239.
CAT
Infectious diseases
Nephrology
- Aliskiren Combined with Losartan in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy.
NELM 2008;358:2433-46.
CAT
Oncology
Pulmonary and critical care medicine
- ARDS Clinical Trials Network: Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids
for Persistent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. NEJM 2006;354(16):1671-1684.
CAT
- Efficacy and Safety of Epoetin Alfa in Critically Ill Patients.NEJM 2007;357:965-976.
CAT
- Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with septic shock. NEJM 2008; 358:111-24.
CAT
- Intensive Insulin Therapy and Pentastarch Resuscitation in Severe Sepsis
Efficacy of Volume Substitution and Insulin Therapy in Severe Sepsis (VISEP)
NEJM 2008;358:125-139. CAT
Rheumatology and Allergy-Immunology
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