Background: Pay inequality related to social identity has been observed among physicians, even after accounting for hours worked and specialty. Physician identity factors, such as gender and race, may ...

A 76-year-old man on dabigatran for rate-controlled atrial fibrillation had follow-up transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) ...

A 3-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with limping. On the morning of the presentation, she had jumped off ...

Key points A 20-year-old pediatric cancer survivor presented to her local oncology centre in southwestern Ontario with right supraclavicular adenopathy. She had a history of stage IIA Hodgkin lymphoma ...

Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are common during pregnancy and are associated with adverse outcomes Prenatal iron deficiency occurs in more than 30% of pregnancies in Canada. 1 It has been ...

Angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are responsible for 20%–40% of emergency department visits for angioedema. [1] [1] The incidence of ACE inhibitor–induced angioedema is about 0.1%–0.7% ...

Patients presenting with a positive pregnancy test and vaginal bleeding or pelvic pain routinely undergo transvaginal ultrasound as the standard diagnostic assessment. Pregnancy of unknown location is ...

Young-onset type 2 diabetes is defined as type 2 diabetes diagnosed before age 40 years The annual incidence in Canada is 50–150 per 100 000 people aged 20–29 years and is rapidly rising. 1, 2 Type 2 ...

Pregnant people who have had a previous cesarean delivery can have a TOLAC or an elective cesarean. For patients with high likelihood of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), TOLAC is the recommended ...

A 73-year-old man on immunosuppressive therapy after renal transplantation presented to our emergency department with fever, weakness, nausea, and vomiting. Before transplantation, he was seropositive ...

A 35-year-old man presented to the dermatology department with penile ulcers. Two weeks previously, the initial ulcer had begun as a papule, progressed to a painful ulcer, and then spread. Soon after ...

An 83-year-old man presented to the emergency department with fatigue and proximal upper- and lower-limb weakness, 10 days after a diarrheal illness. His medical history included type 2 diabetes ...