Diabetic ketoacidosis is not exclusively associated with type 1 diabetes; it is increasingly recognized in patients with type ...

Background:Blood donation supports critical treatments; however, Black people in Canada face multiple barriers to donating ...

Low-dose ketamine is safe The adverse effects associated with higher-dose ketamine (nausea, vomiting, vivid dreams, hallucinations, dissociation) do not occur more commonly at doses used to treat pain ...

A 38-year-old woman presented to our outpatient dermatology clinic with multiple erythematous plaques with interspersed ...

A 58-year-old man presents to the emergency department with acute right-sided weakness. Fourteen months before this visit, he ...

Machine learning has the potential to transform health care, although its current application to routine clinical practice has been limited. Multidisciplinary partnership between technical experts and ...

Cytisine is cost-effective A report by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health estimates the cost of smoking cessation treatment in Canada as follows: nicotine replacement therapy ...

Postinfectious cough affects 11%–25% of adults after a respiratory infection Postinfectious cough is defined as a subacute cough, with symptoms lasting between 3 and 8 weeks. 1 The preceding infection ...

Key points Rabies is a neurotropic infection that is rare in Canada and almost always fatal once symptoms develop. Rabies postexposure prophylaxis is highly effective in preventing infection in ...

Anticraving medications help patients to reduce their alcohol consumption by controlling cravings Alcohol use disorder is characterized by compulsive use, lack of control and harmful consequences of ...

The diagnosis of FPHL is clinical Patients initially present with central scalp or diffuse hair loss, with progressive miniaturization of hair follicles; this differs from male pattern hair loss, ...

Croup develops in more than 80 000 Canadian children each year, making it the second most common cause of respiratory distress in the first decade of life. 1, 2 It affects boys more than girls (1.4:1) ...