Canadian research on health services for children and youth with chronic health conditions (CHC) is limited. In a postal survey, pediatricians in British Columbia rated the quality and safety of health care services for children with chronic medical conditions (Ch-Med) lower (mean rating ± SD on a seven-point scale: 4.86 ± 1.02 ) than services for children with acute conditions/injuries (5.97 ±...

Many women in the reproductive years have chronic medical conditions that are affected by pregnancy or in which the fetus is placed at increased risk. In most of these women, ongoing medical management of their conditions is greatly improved, even compared with a decade or two ago. However, their condition may still be seriously exacerbated by the physiological changes of pregnancy, and close m...

Introduction: Pleural effusion may develop during various acute or chronic medical conditions. Despite different diagnostic workups, some cases of pleural effusion may remain undiagnosed. Pleuroscopy and closed biopsy are common diagnostic approaches used for the diagnosis of undiagnosed cases. The present research aimed to evaluate the diagnostic yield of medical pleuroscopy a...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic medical conditions and an independent risk factor for both: acute myocardial infarction development atrial fibrillation. Both, diabetes promote a proinflammatory status oxidative stress in tissue, these being substrate fibrosis, consequently

OBJECTIVE Although influenza immunization is recommended for children with high-risk medical conditions, the majority of such children do not receive influenza vaccine. This study was designed to measure the burden of influenza among children with asthma and other chronic medical conditions. STUDY DESIGN We performed a retrospective cohort study of children younger than 15 years with medicall...