Key points The definition and criteria used for reporting stillbirths in Canada are idiosyncratic and dated, and directly responsible for the country’s artificially high and rising stillbirth rate ...

A healthy 8-year-old boy presented to our dermatology clinic with a 4-week history of worsening movement limitation and pain due to skin retraction of the right axilla. There were no constitutional ...

A 34-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 2) at 16 weeks’ gestation was found to have platelets unable to be quantified because of clumping on routine prenatal blood work, with a visual estimate of 40 ...

Defined as troponin elevation exceeding the 99th percentile of reference values within 30 days of noncardiac surgery due to ischemia, the estimated incidence is 12%–24% and is higher after nonelective ...

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 ...

Background: Ground-level falls are common among older adults and are the most frequent cause of traumatic intracranial bleeding. The aim of this study was to derive a clinical decision rule that ...

In June 2026, 2 Canadian cities will host several FIFA World Cup soccer matches. Health care systems may have to play host too, as large numbers of visitors to these cities will increase pressure on ...

Key points A 75-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with acute confusion and lethargy on the third day of ...

Eustachian tube dysfunction leads to inadequate ventilation of the middle ear It is caused by inflammation or narrowing of the eustachian tube, which leads to aural fullness and muffled hearing ...

“Failure to cope” is a label applied to patients who cannot function at home, sometimes because of new medical problems, but often owing to unaddressed chronic medical or social issues. The underlying ...

Although tuberculosis (TB) disease is preventable and curable, it affects nearly 11 million people worldwide each year, more than 2000 of whom live in Canada. In Canada, TB overwhelmingly affects ...

Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common and negatively affect patient and caregiver outcomes Nearly all people living with dementia develop BPSD. 1 Symptoms vary over time ...