The Champlain Primary Care Digest is a website for physicians and primary care practitioners. Here you will find information on a variety of health topics relevant to the care of patients in our region. Articles are written and reviewed by a team of regional primary care leads, in collaboration with the Champlain LHIN. We welcome your comments and suggestions for future topics.
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Steroid Injections in the COVID-19 Era
Does an intra-articular corticosteroid injection lead to systemic steroid absorption? Yes. There is ample evidence that intra-articular injections of corticosteroids lead to numerous systemic effects.…
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Lower limb stress fractures in sport: Optimizing management and outcome
Stress fractures are common injuries in athletes and account for 10% of all sport injuries. Ninety percent of stress fractures are located in the lower…
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Choose Wisely – The Knee Ultrasound
Quick & Simple: Knee ultrasounds rarely have any use in the diagnosis of acute knee injuries. Acute knee injuries are a common presentation in the family…
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Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
Trochanteric bursitis has mistakenly been the diagnosis of choice in the past years to describe any pain over the greater trochanter. Surgical, histological and imaging…
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Baker’s Cysts
The highlights: A Baker’s cyst is a common swelling in the medial posterior fossa. Commonly, it is secondary to an extension of the synovial space…
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