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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 ...

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KEY POINTS Severe anemia and myelosuppression are rare but serious complications of azathioprine that are more likely to occur at high doses or when potentiated by interactions with other drugs.

A billion doses of acetaminophen are taken safely each year, but 10000 people in Canada overdose on this medication annually. About one-third are hospitalized for treatment with the antidote, ...

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 ...

Hypertension Canada guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in adults in primary care Clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada: ...

PROLACTIN IS A PITUITARY HORMONE that plays a pivotal role in a variety of reproductive functions. Hyperprolactinemia is a common condition that can result from a number of causes, including ...

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.

Responses to a recent CMAJ issue, dedicated to Black health and anti-Black racism in health care, indicated that some physicians hold a view that racism does not exist in Canada, based on their own ...