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 ...
Key points A 62-year-old man with hypertension and chronic renal disease presented to an emergency department with abdominal ...
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 ...
Key points A healthy 34-year-old man presented to his local walk-in clinic with dysuria and dark (tea-coloured) urine. He did not have any previous episodes of dark urine and denied any other ...
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 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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a guideline for diagnosis across the lifespan ...
Since late 2023, new outbreaks have been reported in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Cuba, including among travellers returning to Canada and the United States. [1] [1], [2] [2] Malaria, Zika, dengue, and ...
Background: The post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection is unknown. We sought to quantify the post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection among ...
Background: Fragility fractures are a major health concern for older adults and can result in disability, admission to hospital and long-term care, and reduced quality of life. This Canadian Task ...
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