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2024
- Clinical Images: Bulging fontanelle in a febrile 9-month-old girl [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Refractory tinea corporis or cruris caused by Trichophyton indotineae [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Resistant hypertension [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Pica in a patient with schizophrenia [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Opioid prescribing requirements to minimize unused medications after an emergency department visit for acute pain: a prospective cohort study [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Two cases of atypical herpes zoster in people taking oral Janus kinase inhibitors [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Bleeding parastomal varices [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Multiple-site primary extramammary Paget disease in a 77-year-old man [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: HIV postexposure prophylaxis-in-pocket [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Wildfire smoke [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Oral immunotherapy for treatment of food allergy in infants and preschoolers [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five ways to support …: Access to health care: Canadian Armed Forces Veterans living with chronic pain [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: A 23-year-old woman with metabolic alkalosis and hypokalemia [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Opportunistic salpingectomy to decrease the risk of ovarian cancer [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five ways to support …: Access to health care: Culturally competent and inclusive endometriosis care [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Auto-brewery syndrome in a 50-year-old woman [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Bacterial vaginosis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Access to health care: Treponemal point-of-care tests for syphilis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five ways to support …: Francophone patients [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Intraoral hemorrhagic bullae as the first sign of immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Polycythemia vera and noncirrhotic portal hypertension diagnosed during pregnancy [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Pediatric sialorrhea (drooling) [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Melanoma in a congenital melanocytic nevus [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Pulmonary pseudallescherioma in a 48-year-old woman with bronchiectasis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Exercise as a treatment for depression [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Innovations: Oral targeted therapy for the treatment of non–small cell lung carcinoma [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Deprescribing diabetes medications for older adults living with frailty [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Measles vaccination [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Measles [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Alopecia from tinea capitis in an 8-year-old boy [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Diagnosis and treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Inclusion body myositis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Burton line and basophilic stippling in lead poisoning [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Cardiomyopathy caused by a pheochromocytoma crisis in a 66-year-old woman [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: E-cigarette use in adolescents [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Necrotizing fasciitis in a 44-year-old woman caused by Vibrio vulnificus [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Acute hepatitis in an 18-year-old returning traveller [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Infections of cardiac implantable electrical devices [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- 360 Cases: Imperfect choices along a transplant journey [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Access site–related infections in patients receiving dialysis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 infection in adults [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Physician incivility in the health care workplace [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Heterochromia caused by Waardenburg syndrome in a 2-month-old infant [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Syphilitic osteomyelitis in a patient with headache and lytic lesions [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Endometrial polyps [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Advances in the management of renal cell carcinoma [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Innovations: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for smoking cessation [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Anorexia nervosa in adolescent males [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Postinfectious cough in adults [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Papulonecrotic tuberculid [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Diagnosis and management of eosinophilic esophagitis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Melioidosis with septic arthritis in a returning traveller [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Xylazine in the illicit opioid supply [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Diagnosis and management of polycystic ovarian syndrome [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis presenting with carpal tunnel syndrome [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Traumatic tympanic membrane perforations [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- The clinical course of acute, subacute and persistent low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Severe leptospirosis after a rat bite in an urban setting [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Nasal fractures [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Wilson disease in a 19-year-old female [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Narcolepsy [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
2023
- Cases: Access to health care: Using short-acting opioids to relieve opioid withdrawal in hospital [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Menopausal hormone therapy in patients with a history of gynecologic cancer [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Anterior uveitis and diffuse scleritis after pamidronate infusion [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Frontotemporal dementia [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Separating toes due to intermetatarsal bursitis in rheumatoid arthritis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Derivation of the Falls Decision Rule to exclude intracranial bleeding without head CT in older adults who have fallen [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Asexuality [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Berylliosis in a 56-year-old welder [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Cord entrapment in a footling breech presentation with decreased fetal movements [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Pseudohyperkalemia in chronic lymphocytic leukemia [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Erythema multiforme major associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in a patient with skin of colour [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cyberattacks on Canadian health information systems [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome complicated by subcapsular liver hematoma and rupture [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Novel obesity treatments [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cost-effectiveness of pharmacogenomic-guided treatment for major depression [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Continuous glucose monitoring [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five ways to support …: Young carers [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five ways to support …: Access to health care: Safe and equitable inpatient care for transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming patients [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Innovations: Renal denervation for uncontrolled hypertension [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: An unusual cause of neck cellulitis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Mycobacterium abscessus scalp infection after hair transplantation in Central America [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Hypothyroidism caused by apalutamide [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: A 10-day-old infant with asymmetric arm movement [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Stroke in a 36-year-old man with neurosyphilis and HIV, diagnosed using high-resolution vessel wall imaging [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Aspiration pneumonia [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Canadian guideline for the clinical management of high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Severe alcohol use disorder after initiation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor therapy [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Acute limb ischemia [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Infraspinatus muscle atrophy in a 23-year-old hockey player [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada: 2023 update [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: Ankyloglossia (tongue tie) in infants [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Puffy fingers and abnormal nail fold capillaries [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Severe vitamin B12 deficiency causing pseudo-thrombotic microangiopathy [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five Things to Know About ...: Tick-borne red meat allergy (α-gal syndrome) [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Access to health care: Preventive care recommendations to promote health equity [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Five things to know about …: SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in pregnancy [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Clinical Images: Infantile perianal pyramidal protrusion [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Self-harm among youth during the first 28 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for suicidal ideation, self-poisoning and self-harm among adolescents in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Trends in hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease over 16 years in Canada [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Rifampin-induced flu-like syndrome with shock in a patient with tuberculosis infection [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Guidance for policy: Access to health care: Guidance on take-home naloxone distribution and use by community overdose responders in Canada [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Diagnosis and management of toxicity associated with the recreational use of nitrous oxide [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Canada: a time-series study, 2020–2023 [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Lead toxicity from Ayurvedic medicines [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Prescription of oxycodone versus codeine after childbirth and risk of persistent opioid use: a population-based cohort study [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Household food insecurity and health service use for mental and substance use disorders among children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- The association of sensitivity and specificity with disease prevalence: analysis of 6909 studies of diagnostic test accuracy [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Postpartum seizure as a complication of dural puncture and intracranial hypotension [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Guidance for policy: Access to health care: Deceased organ and tissue donation after medical assistance in dying: 2023 updated guidance for policy [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Catheter-directed thrombolysis compared with systemic thrombolysis and anticoagulation in patients with intermediate- or high-risk pulmonary embolism: systematic review and network meta-analysis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- A practical approach to the diagnosis and management of chlamydia and gonorrhea [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Access to health care: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer diagnoses, stage and survival in Alberta [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Nonsurgical management of major hemorrhage [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Tuberculous monoarthritis of the knee joint [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Access to health care: Diagnosis and management of depression in adolescents [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Acute care related to cannabis use during pregnancy after the legalization of nonmedical cannabis in Ontario [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Questioning physicians about health conditions at medical licensure registration: How should policy evolve in Canada? [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- A pragmatic approach to the management of menopause [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Recommendations on screening for primary prevention of fragility fractures [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- An approach to treating older adults with chronic kidney disease [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Persistent myopericarditis after heterologous SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- 360 cases: Access to health care: Receiving and providing virtual harm reduction and peer-based support [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Hypertrophic herpes simplex virus 2 infection resistant to acyclovir in an immunosuppressed patient [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
EXPIRING SOON
2023
- Innovations: Penicillin allergy delabelling of patients at risk of sexually transmitted infections in primary care [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: A young woman with fever and polyserositis caused by familial Mediterranean fever [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Diagnosis and management of endometriosis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: First episode psychosis due to anti–N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Primary varicella in 2 adult immigrants to Canada [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Traumatic brain and spinal injuries in a pedestrian struck by an electric scooter [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Diagnosis and management of patients with polyneuropathy [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Access to health care: Pharmacologic prevention of migraine [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Diagnosis and acute management of migraine [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Normal pressure hydrocephalus treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Catheter-associated superior vena cava syndrome [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]
- Cases: Generalized pitting edema in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to hypothyroidism [Read article] [Earn CPD credits]