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A pregnant, primiparous 32-year-old woman at 28 weeks’ gestation presented for a routine prenatal visit. Blood work showed thrombocytopenia with platelet count of 60 (reference range 130–380) × 109/L.

Key points A 5-year-old boy from rural east-central Ontario was referred to the urgent dermatology service with tender papulopustular and nodular lesions on the trunk, limbs, and face, which had ...

Background: Although clinical trials involving psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy have not observed short-term increases in the risk of death, limited data exist on mortality associated with ...

Background: In Canada, many patients face substantial out-of-pocket costs for prescription medication, which may affect their ability to take their medications as prescribed. We sought to conduct a ...

Most acute community-acquired infections can be treated with 5–7 days of antibiotics More than 130 RCTs across 22 infectious conditions have shown that shorter courses of antibiotics are equivalent, ...

A previously healthy 9-month-old girl was referred to our emergency department from a local pediatric clinic for evaluation of a bulging fontanelle. She had a 2-day history of fever, and her mother ...

KEY POINTS In most medical subspecialties, genetic and genomic testing have become a routine part of clinical care. However, access to genetic testing at the patient, provider, and provincial levels ...

Wildfire seasons are getting longer and more severe in Canada. Wildfire smoke caused 710 emergency department visits for respiratory conditions and 250 for cardiac conditions in 2017.[1][1] During ...

This issue of CMAJ features Brenner and colleagues’1 projections for cancer diagnoses in Canada in 2024. Despite overall declines in cancer incidence and mortality, population growth and aging will ...

In research published in this issue of CMAJ, Mah and colleagues summarize clinicians’ experiences of providing care for patients whose presenting illness is not acute and for whom admission to ...