Clinical Articles /
March 2025
BY: Karen Letourneau, CRGS, Pavandeep Gill, MD, FRCPC, Ethan Matsuo, Kelly S.A. Matsuo, MD, FRCPC
An 11-month-old female presented with a firm, nontender, bright-red, moist umbilical lesion without obvious urine or bile discharge [Figure 1]. The child was otherwise well. The differential... Read More
Clinical Articles /
March 2025
BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD, Jeffrey N. Bone, PhD, Rebecca Courtemanche, MSc, CCRP, Leeor S. Yefet, MD, Mary-Claire Simmonds, MBBS, FANZCA, Eric Cattoni, MD, CCFP, Gillian R. Lauder, MB BCh, FRCPC, Douglas J. Courtemanche, MD, MS, FRCSC
Background
Long-term opioid therapy is associated with significant side effect profiles.[1-4] The prevalence of long-term opioid therapy has been reported to be 5.4% in the United States and 17.6... Read More
Clinical Articles /
January/February 2025
BY: Denise Werry, PharmD, ACPR, Panteha Eshtiaghi, MD, Leah D. Trippell, MD, Shazia Masud, MD, FRCPC, Inna Sekirov, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTMH, FRCP, FACP, MRCP, Patrick H.P. Wong, MD, FRCPC
Case data
A 91-year-old man was assessed by the infectious diseases service at Surrey Memorial Hospital after 3 months of swelling and erythema in the third digit of his left hand. He reported... Read More
Clinical Articles /
January/February 2025
BY: Marshall Cheng, MD, FRCPC, Susan Lee, MD, FRCPC, Angela Tecson, RN, BSN, MStat, Parmjeet Panesar, RN, BSN
Background
Patient comorbidities can contribute to surgical complications, but medical optimization can lead to better patient outcomes.[1] The terms preoperative optimization and prehabilitation... Read More
Clinical Articles /
January/February 2025
BY: Angela Hu, MD, FRCPC, Barbara Blumenauer, MD, FRCPC, May Kazem, MD, FRCPC, MHA, Corisande Baldwin, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Raheem B. Kherani, MD, FRCPC, MPHE, Shahin Jamal, MD, FRCPC, Heather Day, MD, FRCPC, Jacqueline Stewart, MD, FRCPC, Grace Wright, MD, PhD, Gwenesta Melton, MD, Kam Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Diane Lacaille, MDCM, FRCPC, MHSc, Mollie Carruthers, MD, FRCPC
Background
In Canada, many physicians work under a fee-for-service model, in which a physician is remunerated a predetermined amount for a rendered medical service.[1] It would, therefore, be... Read More
