ContextSevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging infectious disease that
first manifested in humans in China in November 2002 and has subsequently spread …

Background Prior studies suggest that unintended medication discrepancies that represent
errors are common at the time of hospital admission. These errors are particularly worthy of …

Background Patients with acute heart failure are frequently or systematically hospitalized,
often because the risk of adverse events is uncertain and the options for rapid follow-up are …

Background Observational studies have suggested that accelerated surgery is associated
with improved outcomes in patients with a hip fracture. The HIP ATTACK trial assessed …

Background: The precise scope of hospital care delivered under general internal medicine
services remains poorly quantified. The purpose of this study was to describe the …

… Steven Shadowitz, … Steven Shadowitz … Shadowitz has received funding for advisory
services from Servier. Dr. Farkouh has received research support from Amgen. …

Importance Syncope can result from a reduction in cardiac output from serious cardiac
conditions, such as arrhythmias or structural heart disease (cardiac syncope), or other causes, …

Medical Education 2010: 44: 559–569 Objectives In keeping with the current emphasis on
quality improvement and patient safety, a Canadian division of general internal medicine …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a bedside clinical prediction rule for detecting moderate or severe
aortic stenosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study with independent comparison to a diagnostic …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the need
to improve the safety of the environments where we care for older adults in Canada. After …