Background: “Before medically advised” (BMA) hospital discharge is associated with higher risks for subsequent death and drug overdose. We sought to develop prediction models to estimate the absolute ...
Key points A 53-year-old woman with rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma was seen in the radiation oncology clinic for her fifth and final fraction of neoadjuvant radiotherapy, where she reported chills, ...
A 35-year-old man presented to the dermatology department with penile ulcers. Two weeks previously, the initial ulcer had begun as a papule, progressed to a painful ulcer, and then spread. Soon after ...
Key points More than 6.5 million people in Canada do not have access to a regular primary care clinician.[1][1] Health workforce challenges across the country have adversely affected primary care ...
An 83-year-old man presented to the emergency department with fatigue and proximal upper- and lower-limb weakness, 10 days after a diarrheal illness. His medical history included type 2 diabetes ...
BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study represents a large and systematic effort to describe the burden of diseases and injuries over the past 3 decades. We aimed to summarize the Canadian data ...
A 40-year-old woman presented to our dermatology clinic for assessment of new nevi surrounded by depigmented skin, as well as separate depigmented patches, which had appeared suddenly within 1 month ...
A 6-year-old boy presents to the emergency department after a motor vehicle collision at 90 km/h. The child was properly restrained, had no loss of consciousness, and experienced 1 episode of emesis ...
Background: Acupuncture is commonly used to treat migraine. We assessed the efficacy of acupuncture at migraine-specific acupuncture points compared with other acupuncture points and sham acupuncture.
Access to health care: Distance to primary care and its association with health care use and quality of care in Ontario: a cross-sectional study ...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a guideline for diagnosis across the lifespan ...
Association between frailty and 30-day outcomes after discharge from hospital ...