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Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at ...

In Canada, around 61 000 CYIC live in foster, kinship, or group homes under the supervision of child welfare authorities. They often have experiences of complex trauma, mental health challenges, ...

See related article at In a related analysis, Abdel-Rahman and colleagues[1][2] discuss how the marked improvement in quantity and quality of life experienced by some people with cancer who receive ...

An 81-year-old man presented to the emergency department after 2 episodes of uncontrollable shaking, each lasting several minutes, accompanied by a sensation of extreme cold. He and his partner stated ...

Diagnosis requires thoracentesis and pleural fluid analysis with cultures1, 3 Because no radiologic sign can confidently exclude pleural infection, thoracentesis is essential for parapneumonic ...

A 32-year-old woman presented to our emergency department 2 days after the onset of bilateral hand swelling. Two weeks earlier, her 8-year-old son had had an erythematous rash on both cheeks. A week ...

Hypertension Canada guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in adults in primary care ...

Background: Long wait times for scheduled surgery are a major problem in Canadian health systems. We sought to determine the extent to which single-entry referral models (next available consultation), ...

Background: In 2016, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia released a legally enforceable opioid prescribing practice standard for the treatment of chronic noncancer pain (CNCP); ...

Untreated chronic pain among patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) is common and is associated with poor patient outcomes. In Canada, evidence-based treatments for chronic pain are often ...