"Presumed Behavior": A Comment

Presumed consent: a problematic concept.

issue, that of the increasing shortage of kidneys available for transplantation worldwide (1). As a solution for India, Kaushik favours the introduction of the “presumed consent” system to allow retrieval of organs from recently deceased persons. In this system, unless an individual has specifically expressed, in writing, during her/his lifetime, that he/she is unwilling to donate an organ foll...

Presumed osteosarcoma

A 76-year-old dialysis patient developed sudden pain in his left arm. He consulted an orthopaedic surgeon who determined a fractured left humerus with an osteolytic lesion (Figure 1). The patient was referred to our department for further evaluation of a possible osteoscarcoma. He had required haemodialysis treatment for 4 years because of an unknown renal disease that left him with small end-s...

Presumed topiramate retinopathy: a case report

BACKGROUND We report a case of peripheral pigmentary retinopathy and visual field loss following topiramate use for uncontrolled seizures. Such side effects have not been well documented despite the increasing use of topiramate in the past 10 years. A thorough search of available English literature revealed only a small number of reports of topiramate-induced retinopathy or visual field defects...

A case of presumed granulomatous carotid stenosis.

Presumed consent to organ donation: a reevaluation.