The Canadian Journal of CME

The Canadian Journal of CME is directly affiliated with Canada's major universities and their medical faculties. Each month its articles are drawn from a different medical school's CME program. Its audience includes general and family practitioners, as well as most clinical specialists. Its objective is to inform readers about the latest advances in diagnostic techniques and treatment modalities.

April 2012, Volume 24, Number 4

Diagnose This!
Diagnose a case for your chance to win

Photo Clinic
A Problematic Pregnancy Rash
Stanley Wine, MD, FRCP

Consultant's Corner

• What Are the Best Iron Supplements to Prescribe?
• Protocol for Immunizing Patients
• How to Use Psychostimulants in Geriatric Depressive Disorder
• Should Levothyroxine Be Used to Normalize TSH?
• Initiating Antiviral Treatment for Herpes Zoster
• Treating Eczema in Children
• Methotrexate and Misoprostol to Induce Therapeutic Abortion
• Treatment for Acute Onset of Seizures in Children
• Kynurenine and Depression
• Herpes Simplex Virus Type-specific Serology
• Is there a Cure for Onychomycosis?
• The Normal Reference Range for Serum Ferritin
• Long-term Bisphosphonate Use
• Current Recommendations for TB Testing
• How to Approach Platelet Dysfunction
• Is Aminolevulinic Acid an Effective Acne Treatment?
• Nonstreptococcal Bacterial Infections in the Airway

DermCase

• Orange Plaque on the Scalp           
• Slowly Enlarging Plaque
• Painful Rash on Chest
• Asymptomatic Erythematous Papules
• A Stain on the Forehead
• Generalized Pruritis in an Infant
• Intensely Pruritic Lesions
• A Thick, Pruritic Growth
• Rough Spots on the Palms and Soles
• Oral, White Patches

Cardio Q&A
Experts Answering Your Questions

• Does Pantoprazole Inhibit the Activation of Clopidogrel?
• Brugada Syndrome
• Is Warfarin Recommended in a Nonagearian Female with Atrial Fibrillation?

Case In...
Investigations and Management of Crohn’s Disease
Hayder Kubba, MBChB, LMCC, CCFP, FRCS(UK), DFFP, DPD

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