Body temperature is a vital sign that is regularly measured to assess the status of a patients’ health, facilitate diagnosis, and target treatments in a hospital setting. Normal body temperatures range from 36.5°C to 37.5°C.1 Upward deviation from
CONCLUSIONS: Higher rates of bacterial colonization, especially with Streptococcus species and Klebsiella pneumonia, were detected on removable dental prostheses after COVID-19 infection.
CONCLUSION: The differences in the profile of COVID-19 cases from China and North America may relate to differences in environmental-, host- and healthcare-related factors between the two regions. Such inter-population differences-together with intra
Antimicrobial prescriptions are relatively common in urologic outpatients. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the impact of antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) interventions.
CONCLUSION: Despite some distinctive differences between COVID-19 and MERS patients prior to intubation, the respiratory and ventilatory parameters postintubation were not different. The higher initial CRP level in COVID-19 patients might explain the
Rachel Cooper talks about the emotional journey of her mother receiving Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) and her experience of the days leading up to her mother’s death.
She wrote a Humanities Encounters article published in CMAJ about the same