Resuscitation outcomes in patients with cancer: experience in a large urban cancer centre.

Purpose: Hospitalized patients with cancer who experience cardiopulmonary arrest have historically low survival rates. This retrospective cohort study describes outcomes of patients at a large Canadian cancer centre who had a "code medical emergency" activated, and the use of pragmatic criteria to identify patients with poor survival following resuscitation.

Methods: We included hospitalized patients with cancer who had a "code blue" activated between January 2007 and December 2018.

Implementation and evaluation of a quality and safety tool for ambulatory strongyloidiasis patients at high risk of adverse outcome.

Background: Strongyloidiasis is a common infection in Canadian migrants that can cause life-threatening hyperinfection in immunosuppressed hosts. We designed and implemented a safety tool to guide management of patients with in order to prevent adverse outcomes. Methods: Patients treated at our centre for strongyloidiasis from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015 were identified through our ivermectin access log.