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

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 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 ...

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 ...

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is associated with substantial mortality and complications, including endocarditis and metastatic infection requiring specific investigations and treatment. [1] [1] ...

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 ...

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 ...