Background Scoping reviews are used to identify knowledge gaps, set research agendas,
and identify implications for decision-making. The conduct and reporting of scoping reviews is …

Medication errors in critical care are frequent, serious, and predictable. Critically ill patients
are prescribed twice as many medications as patients outside of the intensive care unit (ICU) …

Background: Body temperature is commonly used to screen patients for infectious diseases,
establish diagnoses, monitor therapy, and guide management decisions. Purpose: To …

ContextIncreasing contact has been reported between physicians and the pharmaceutical
industry, although no data exist in the literature regarding potential financial conflicts of …

Background Physicians' financial relationships with the pharmaceutical industry are controversial
because such relationships may pose a conflict of interest. It is unknown to what extent …

ContextHospital infection control policies that use patient isolation prevent nosocomial
transmission of infectious diseases, but may inadvertently lead to patient neglect and errors.…

… HT Stelfox1, … Dr Stelfox was supported by a Postdoctoral Fellowship award from the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Funding sources had no role in the design, conduct, or …

Background: Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome characterized by loss of physiologic
and cognitive reserves that confers vulnerability to adverse outcomes. We determined the …

PURPOSE: A small number of physicians generate a disproportionate share of complaints
from patients and of malpractice lawsuits. If these grievances relate to patients’ dissatisfaction …

Introduction Although sodium disturbances are common in hospitalised patients, few studies
have specifically investigated the epidemiology of sodium disturbances in the intensive …