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Key points A 69-year-old man presented to a dermatology clinic with a 1-day history of a painful erythematous rash. Four days ...

See related article at Key points In this issue of CMAJ , Geboe and colleagues present the results of a qualitative community-based participatory study of Inuit experiences of the ongoing epidemic of ...

KEY POINTS Public awareness regarding the importance of disclosing and managing conflicts of interest (COIs) during the development of clinical practice and public health guidelines is growing, owing ...

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 ...

The principles that guide optimal prescribing for older patients [1] [1], [2] [2] ( [Box 1] [3]) include deprescribing medications that are no longer indicated, appropriate or aligned with evolving ...

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Background: The implementation and clinical impact of machine learning–based early warning systems for patient deterioration in hospitals have not been well described. We sought to describe the ...

Background: The post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection is unknown. We sought to quantify the post-acute burden of health care use after SARS-CoV-2 infection among ...

Ashleigh R. Tuite, David N. Fisman and Amy L. Greer BACKGROUND: Physical-distancing interventions are being used in Canada to slow the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, but it ...

KEY POINTS In 2016, 270 204 people in Canada (excluding Quebec) were admitted to hospital for heart conditions, stroke and vascular cognitive impairment, including 107 391 women and 162 813 men, of ...

Background: Canadians are engaged in an intense debate about the relative merits of private for-profit versus private not-for-profit health care delivery. To inform this debate, we undertook a ...