Description: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant disease
with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 5000 that is characterized by the presence of vascular …

Background Guidelines continue to be underutilized, and a variety of strategies to improve
their use have been suboptimal. Modifying guideline features represents an alternative, but …

We convened an interdisciplinary guideline development panel, the Help ELiminate Pain in
KIDS (HELPinKIDS) Team, to develop the guideline. Individual panel members were …

Background Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is defined as a temperature higher than 38.3C
on several occasions and lasting longer than 3 weeks, with a diagnosis that remains …

PURPOSE We wanted to systematically review whether primary care-based interventions
improve initiation and duration of breastfeeding. METHODS Studies were found by searching …

Context Osteomyelitis of the lower extremity is a commonly encountered problem in patients
with diabetes and is an important cause of amputation and admission to the hospital. The …

Maternal and fetal complications of type 2 diabetes during pregnancy There is evidence that
rising rates of type 2 diabetes in pregnancy could lead to increasing numbers of …

PURPOSE: To qualitatively explore the process of the provision of futile care in Canadian
intensive care units (ICUs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A mailed, semistructured survey …

… Valerie A. Palda conceived the project, outlined the qualitative study methods, and
contributed to data extraction and analysis. Stephen W. Hwang assisted in designing the study …

Purpose: To summarize available evidence on preoperative cardiac risk stratification so that
the internist may 1) use clinical and electrocardiographic findings to stratify a patient's …