Differences in Antihypertensive Medication Prescription Profiles Between 2009 and 2021: A Retrospective Cohort Study of CARTaGENE.

Background: Although blood pressure (BP) control is critical to prevent cardiovascular diseases, hypertension control rates in Canada are in decline.

Objective: To assess this issue, we sought to evaluate the differences in antihypertensive medication prescription profiles in the province of Quebec between 2009 and 2021.

Design: This is a retrospective cohort study.

Suboptimal prenatal screening of and infections in a Montréal birthing and tertiary care centre: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: The Canadian Paediatric Society no longer recommends the use of universal ocular prophylaxis with erythromycin ointment to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum. Screening for and in all pregnant women is considered the most effective way of preventing vertical transmission and ophthalmia neonatorum.

Objective: The aims of this study were to assess prenatal screening rates of and and to compare sociodemographic factors between those screened and those not screened.

Telemedicine for housebound older persons during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Targeting older at-risk patients with decision-making algorithms is a priority at a time when hospitals are receiving an influx of Covid-19 patients that may exceed their capacity. Such screening could likely be extended to primary care settings in order to identify older community dwellers with Covid-19, but also those experiencing the adverse consequences of prolonged home confinement. The Centre of Excellence on Longevity of McGill University (Quebec, Canada) designed a short assessment for Montreal's housebound community-dwelling older adults.