Failure to obtain informed consent should also be considered an adverse event

Hypothermia should also have been considered to be a predictor of adverse perioperative cardiac events.

LMA-PTM. It is not a single-use LMA-PTM because substantial details are designed and constructed in a different way to overcome weaknesses of other LMAsTM, as the producers of the LMA-STM promote their device. The LMA-STM’s clinical performance can only be evaluated in clinical trials. First published comparisons with a reasonable sample size between the LMA-PTM and LMA-STM showed clinically im...

Staphylococcus lugdunensis; a pathogen that should be considered in Iran

Background: Staphylococcus lugdunensis is Gram-positive cocci of the staphylococcaceae family. S. lugdunensis despite having a clotting factor (wall coagulase), was classified in the coagulase negative staphylococcus group (CoNS) for lack of free coagulase. Although this bacterium is part of the human normal flora, in terms of virulence, S. lugdunensis is in second place after S. aureus. S. lug...

Informed consent in cardiac resynchronization therapy: what should be said?

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for the treatment of heart failure (HF) raises complex problems for informed consent. CRT with and without defibrillator backup has been demonstrated in clinical trials to improve symptoms from HF and decrease mortality.1–4 A CRT pacemaker (CRT-P) may improve symptoms and reduce mortality in selected patients, even without offering the specific protection...

Should informed consent be based on rational beliefs?

Our aim is to expand the regulative ideal governing consent. We argue that consent should not only be informed but also based on rational beliefs. We argue that holding true beliefs promotes autonomy. Information is important insofar as it helps a person to hold the relevant true beliefs. But in order to hold the relevant true beliefs, competent people must also think rationally. Insofar as inf...

Should Priority Setting Also Be Concerned About Profound Socio-Economic Transformations? A Response to Recent Commentary