Liberal Utilitarianism—Yes, But for Whom?

Fairer and more accurate, but for whom?

Complex statistical machine learning models are increasingly being used or considered for use in highstakes decision-making pipelines in domains such as €nancial services, health care, criminal justice and human services. Œese models are o‰en investigated as possible improvements over more classical tools such as regression models or human judgement. While the modeling approach may be new, the ...

["Unsuitable for PCI..." Multivessel primary PCI. But for whom?].

Following the recent publication of the PRAMI trial, the appearance of the article entitled ‘‘Multivessel approach in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Impact on in-hospital morbidity and mortality’’ by Santos et al. in this issue of the Journal could not be more timely. The study analyzed a population of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) included in the Portuguese Regi...

Luck v. Justice: Consent Intervenes, but for Whom?

Lowering LDL cholesterol is good, but how and in whom?

Genetic findings reported approximately 9 years ago in the Journal indicated that rare sequence variants in the gene encoding proprotein convertase subtilisin–kexin type 9 serine protease (PCSK9) were associated with significantly lower long-term plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.1 The observed reduction in LDL cholesterol levels was similar to that attained with modera...

For whom the desert bell tolls: heat stroke or stroke

       Heat stroke is the most complicated and dangerous amongst heat injuries that can lead to irreversible injury and even death with itself or with creating predisposibility to different diseases. The following case report depicts a patient who presented primarily with impairment of consciousness after walking 45 km in the summer heat to cross the Syria-Turkey border and la...