Topic | IF of journal | Seniority level of host | Host's specialty | Host's number of Twitter followers $ | Host's number of tweets $ | Host jointed Twitter | |
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1 | Diuretic Strategies for acute heart failure 7 | 59$ (72+) | ST | Cardiology | 1,036 | 4,880 | May-11 |
2 | SPRINT blood pressure trial 8 | 59$ (72+) | ST | Cardiology | 1,539 | 30,700 | Feb-10 |
3 | CTCA for evaluation of chest pain 9 | 59$ (72+) | ST | Cardiology | 3,009 | 48,700 | Nov-12 |
4 | Diagnostic criteria for sepsis 10 | 37$ (44+) | ST * | AIM | 403 | 2,210 | Nov-14 |
5 | PROSPER statin trial in elderly 11 | 44$+ | Consultant | COTE | 1,453 | 20,700 | May-15 |
6 | Alteplase dose for acute stroke 12 | 59$ (72+) | Academic ST | COTE & stroke | 1,503 | 11,400 | Apr-08 |
7 | PREDIMED diet trial 13 | 59$ (72+) | ST | Cardiology | 5,536 | 6,286 | Mar-14 |
8 | ICU admission in patients over 80 14 | 10$ (12+) | ICM fellow | Anaesthetics & ICM | 2,181 | 46,900 | Aug-10 |
9 | Pulmonary hypertension referral pathways 15 | 14$ (16.5+) | Consultant^ | PAH | 2,833 | 5,523 | Mar-11 |
10 | Acute kidney injury warning system 16 | 44$ (47.8+) | ST* | Renal | 2,248 | 18,000 | May-13 |
11 | SANAD trial of anti-epileptics 17 | 44$ (47.8+) | ST | Neurology | 108 | 2,707 | Aug-11 |
12 | Glucose control in critically ill patients 18 | 59$ (72+) | Consultant | Endocrinology & diabetes | 10,600 | 69,700 | Dec-09 |
↵*Specialty trainee on date of session; however, they have now progressed to consultant level. ^American equivalent of UK consultant level (attending physician). $These figures are from time of analysis, March 2017 and not the date of the journal club session. +updated impact factors from summer 2017.
AIM = acute internal medicine; COTE = care of the elderly; CTCA = computerised tomography coronary angiogram; ICM = intensive care medicine; ICU = intensive care unit; IF = impact factor; PAH = pulmonary arterial hypertension; ST = specialty trainee.