Anaplasmosis is the second most common tick-borne disease in Canada, with rapidly rising incidence owing to the expanding ...
A 40-year-old man emigrated from India 2 years ago and has no prior medical conditions. He requested a clinic visit with his primary care provider (PCP) now that he is 40 years old. He has not been ...
An α-2 adrenergic agonist approved only for veterinary use, medetomidine is similar to xylazine, but substantially more potent.1 Medetomidine is increasingly present in the unregulated drug supply, ...
Pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a venous thrombus becomes lodged in lung arteries, causing impairment in oxygenation, ...
Min-Hsiang Chuang, Cheng-Wei Ho, Hsien-Yi Wang, Heng-Chih Pan, Vin-Cent Wu, Yu-Kang Tu and Jui-Yi Chen ...
Cases in which a blood culture grows Staphylococcus aureus should always be treated as a true bloodstream infection Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is associated with substantial mortality and ...
The gastrointestinal pathogen Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebiasis Clinical severity ranges from the asymptomatic passage of cysts in the stool to fulminant dysentery. Potentially fatal ...
Recommendation The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends against instrument-based depression screening using a questionnaire with cut-off score to distinguish “screen positive” and ...
Endometriosis is a common disorder that can cause pelvic pain and infertility, may involve multiple organ systems and can adversely affect quality of life. The cause of endometriosis is not fully ...