Key points A 62-year-old man with hypertension and chronic renal disease presented to an emergency department with abdominal ...

Key points Few issues generate more public concern in Canadian health care than long wait times for surgical procedures. Delays in care are associated with physical pain, psychological distress, ...

A 57-year-old man presented to our dermatology clinic with a 10-day history of pruritic, bullous, erosive lesions involving the hands, lower legs, oral mucosa, and glans penis ([Figure 1][1]). They de ...

KEY POINTS Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is a life-threatening emergency, accounting for 1/2000 presentations of acute chest or back pain to the emergency department. [1] [1] It is a clinical spectrum ...

Most antihistamines are safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding Systematic reviews of observational studies show no association with adverse fetal or maternal outcomes with antihistamine use during ...

BACKGROUND: We previously derived the Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rule to identify subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in patients with acute headache. Our objective was to validate the rule in a new ...

In October 2018, recreational use of cannabis was legalized in Canada with the primary objectives of improving cannabis-related public health and safety, reducing youth access to cannabis, and ...

“Deadnaming” (using an incorrect name, often that assigned at birth) and misgendering (using pronouns or forms of address that do not reflect a person’s gender) occur frequently in inpatient settings2 ...

Key points Ontario’s recently passed Bill 33 will require publicly assisted colleges and universities to have clearly outlined, merit-based admission policies.[1][1] Although this sounds reasonable, i ...

Palliative care involvement and intensity of end-of-life care among adolescents and young adults with cancer: a population-based study ...

Jerome A. Leis, John A. Rutka and Wayne L. Gold ...

Interpretation: Death or readmission after discharge from a COVID-19 hospitalization is common and had a similar frequency in Alberta and Ontario. Risk stratification and interinstitutional ...