Background: Low response rates among surgeons can threaten the validity of surveys.
Internet technologies may reduce the time, effort, and financial resources needed to conduct …

We aimed to examine pharmacologic, demographic and medical comorbidity risk factors for
opioid-related mortality among patients currently receiving methadone for an opioid use …

Background: Hip fractures occur in 280,000 North Americans each year. Although surgeons
have reached consensus with regard to the treatment of undisplaced fractures of the hip, the …

Objectives We sought to understand the implementation of multifaceted community plans to
address opioid-related harms. Design Our scoping review examined the extent of the …

In this paper, we claim that we can only seek to eradicate the stigma associated with the
contemporary opioid overdose epidemic when we understand how opioid stigma and the …

Objectives We describe the development of the first community-based opioid overdose
prevention and response program with naloxone distribution offered by a public health unit in …

Study design We conducted an observational cross-sectional study to examine the prevalence
of psychological symptoms among orthopedic trauma patients and the association of …

Even the best-designed, randomized controlled trials suffer when patients are lost to follow-up.
Incomplete follow-up biases the results of a trial when patients who drop out are different …

The legalization of non-medical cannabis use and supply is impending in Canada. This
constitutes a major policy change with the declared objective of improving public health …

Background In response to the ongoing overdose crisis, some clinicians in Canada have
started prescribing immediate release hydromorphone (IRH) as an alternative to the toxic …