This 2013 is time for the Cochrane Collaboration to celebrate its 20^th anniversary.

Throughout the year, ideas, achievements and people that have contributed to the collaboration’s growth will be exposed in small videos.

Watch the videos here

★ PEC FIELD'S MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS ★

Philippe RAVAUD Director of the French Cochrane Centre The overall mission of the French Cochrane Centre is to foster evidence-based healthcare decision-making by promoting the awareness, appreciation, distribution and use of Cochrane Reviews; and by identifying and supporting individuals in France and in French-speaking countries who wish to be involved in The Cochrane Collaboration.

Jeannot SCHMIDT President of the French Society of Emergency Medicine (SFMU) “The SFMU strongly supports the PEC Field and is proud to collaborate with the Cochrane Collaboration to help people make well informed decision about emergency care"

RECENT REVIEWS

Each month, the Cochrane Collaboration produces about 80 to 100 high quality systematic reviews on different topics.

The PEC Field identified over 100 reviews devoted to pre-hospital and emergency medicine published online in 2012.

Chest physiotherapy for acute bronchiolitis in children younger than two years of age

Roqué i Figuls M, Giné-Garriga M, Granados Rugeles C, Perrotta C

This review gives robust conclusions despite a small number of trials and patients (891): Chest physiotherapy seems to have no benefit on length of disease, clinical scores or hospital stay in comparison with no treatment.

Oral antihistamine-decongestant-analgesic combinations for the common cold

De Sutter AIM, van Driel ML, Kumar AA, Lesslar O, Skrt A

27 trials and over 5000 participants for this review on the most common illness known ! These treatments (especially the combination antihistaminedecongestant) showed benefit for adults and older children on general recovery and symptoms, despite some adverse effects.

Are colloids more effective than crystalloids in reducing death in people who are critically ill or injured?

Perel P, Roberts I, Ker K

This large scale review arround 70 trials found no evidence that colloids reduce the risk of dying compared with crystalloids; starches might even increase the risk of death.

Plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome

Raphaël JC, Chevret S, Hughes RAC, Annane D

Through the six trials included in this review, plasma exchanges seem to help speed recovery without causing harm apart from being followed by a slightly increased risk of relapse.

FIND ALL THE PECFIELD'S SELECTION OF COCHRANE REVIEWS here

Cochrane Journal Club is a free, monthly publication that introduces a recent Cochrane review, together with relevant background information, a podcast explaining the key points of the review, discussion questions to help you to explore the review methods and findings in more detail, and downloadable PowerPoint slides containing key figures and tables. You can even contact the review authors with your questions.

Colloids versus crystalloids for fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients

Latest News

PEC Field’s website in your language

PEC Field’s website is now available in french, italian, spanish and soon in chinese.

Thanks to Hayatte Akodad, Primiano Iannone, and Alfonso Martin !

Discover your website here

PEC Field in the French Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal

Dahan et al. Evidence-based medicine in emergency medicine: the role of the Cochrane Collaboration. Ann Fr Med Urgence 2013;3:160-4.

PEC Field at URGENCES 2013

The Annual Meeting of French Emergency Physicians

Paris, France - 7th June 2013

Events

The PEC Field will be present at:

8th-11th September 2013

VIIth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress

Marseille, France

Meet us at the Cochrane Meta-Analysis Session

19th-23th September 2013

21st COCHRANE COLLOQUIUM

Québec, Canada

Meet us at the «Meet the entities» session

Congratulations

…To our contributor Nicolas Dublanchet, on the birth of his baby boy César !

EVIDENCE AID PARTNERSHIP

Cochrane Evidence Aid resources

A selection of Cochrane Reviews on natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies have been identified on www.evidenceaid.org

Resources for earthquakes and tsunami Resources for flooding and poor water sanitation Resources for post traumatic stress disorder Special collection on the treatment of burns

Radiation reviews

The published radiation reviews show how little comparative research has been done in such circumstances, with very few eligible studies in areas such as evacuation, monitoring and decontamination of the public, and monitoring of food and drinking water. Evidence Aid’s work on this topic is ongoing, with systematic reviews underway to examine evidence on the effects of different communication strategies for radiation emergencies.

LEARN MORE with the COCHRANE COLLABORATION

ABOUT COCHRANE SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND PROTOCOLS

What is a systematic review ? What is a Cochrane Review ? What is a meta-analysis ? What is a protocol ?

Whatch after the answers with the Cochrane Library here

All Trials Registered | All Results Reported

Around half of all clinical trials have not been published; some trials have not even been registered. If action is not taken urgently, information on what was done and what was found in trials could be lost forever, leading to bad treatment decisions, missed opportunities for good medicine, and trials being repeated unnecessarily.

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