Clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada: 2023 update Hypertension Canada guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in adults in ...
Measure blood pressure twice in the morning and twice in the evening for 7 consecutive days (28 readings total) For people with an existing diagnosis of hypertension and stable blood pressure averages ...
Background: Survivors of cancer in adolescence and young adulthood are at increased risk for subsequent primary neoplasms, ...
See related article at This issue of CMAJ features research on sex- and gender-based harassment and discrimination perpetrated by physicians in Canada over a recent 5-year period.[1][2] Lithgow and ...
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] [1], [2] [2] It affects boys more than ...
Background: Pharmacotherapy is a key component of comprehensive obesity management, alongside behavioural therapy and metabolic and bariatric surgery. In this guideline, we update the pharmacotherapy ...
A 67-year-old woman with known bronchiectasis presents with 2 days of worsening dyspnea and cough productive of 2 tablespoons of green sputum streaked with blood. She reports struggling to walk 1 city ...
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) affects 1% of reproductive-aged women In POI, ovarian follicles become depleted or dysfunctional in people younger than 40 years. Risk factors include family ...
What the documentary omits is that most lobotomized patients were women, although most institutionalized patients at the time were men. This gaping disparity, noted by scholars, is made more troubling ...
A 67-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and hypertension presents to the emergency department with a skin ulceration on the bottom of his great toe ...
A 16-year-old adolescent boy presented to the emergency department after a noncontact injury to his right leg during a basketball game. He reported landing with excessive internal rotation in knee ...