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

Confounding and Case/Control Studies - Anthony Harris, M.D.
Whirlwind Review of Statistics - Ram Miller, M.D.

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

This page was last updated on: September 1, 2009.