Lack of clarity about the exact clinical implications of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) has caused confusion that has been addressed repeatedly in the literature. To provide improved understanding about the portability of DNR and the medical care provided to DNR patients, the state of Ohio passed a Do-Not-Resuscitate Law in 1998, which clearly pointed out 2 different protocols of do-not-resuscitate: ...

INTRODUCTION The objective of the present study was to evaluate the opinion of Portuguese intensive care physicians regarding 'do-not-resuscitate' (DNR) orders and decisions to withhold/withdraw treatment. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to all physicians working on a full-time basis in all intensive care units (ICUs) registered with the Portuguese Intensive Care Society. RESULTS A total o...

I. INTRODUCTION For TREC 2003 the MultiText Project focused its efforts on the Genomics and Robust tracks. We also submitted passage-retrieval runs for the QA track. For the Genomics Track primary task, we used an amalgamation of retrieval and query expansion techniques, including tiering, term rewriting and pseudo-relevance feedback. For the Robust Track, we examined the impact of pseudo-relev...

Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders are necessary if resuscitation, the default option in hospitals, should be avoided because a patient is known to be dying and attempted resuscitation would be inappropriate. To avoid inappropriate resuscitation at night, if no DNR order has been recorded, after-hours medical staff are often asked to have a DNR discussion with patients whose condition is deteriora...

Os AA. focalizam a administração de alcalis còm o salicilato, oralmente, costume baseado na presunção de que o bicarbonato protege o estômago, inhibindo a libertação do ácido salicilico. Os AA. fizeram a administração oral e endovenosa de salicilato •de sódio, até o nivel plasmatico alcançar acima de 300 gammas/cc. e mantido a um alto nivel por algumas semanas, numa pequena série de casos, e ve...

Based on the accumulated data, FTIR spectroscopy seems to be a highly sensitive tool in cervical cancer diagnosis. We, therefore, employed this technique in a screening type of research here in Tehran. The purpose of this study was to look for the spectral pattern differences between normal and malignant cervix samples in Iranian women. Through formal and informal announcements, all gynecology ...

background and objectives: urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most common infections and a major cause of patient morbidity world wide. the gold standard for detection of bacterial pathogens in uti is culture of urine specimens. in order to facilitate identification of bacterial pathogens in clinical urine specimens we designed a molecular method to detect bacterial pathogen in uti. ma...

HAM/TSP: association between white matter lesions on magnetic resonance imaging, clinical and cerebrospinal fluid findings HAM/TSP: associação entre lesões de substância branca à ressonância magnética, achados clínicos e do líquido cefalorraquidiano Marzia Puccioni-Sohler1, Emerson Gasparetto2, Mauro Jorge Cabral-Castro3, Carla Slatter4, Cecilia M. Vidal5, Romeu Domingues Cortes6, Bruce R. Rose...

Disease in Rio Grande do Sul-Brazil: A Comparative Analysis between 2002 and 2014 Iseu Gus1, Rodrigo Antonini Ribeiro2, Sérgio Kato1,4,5, Juliano Bastos2 ̧ Claudio Medina3, Claudio Zazlavsky1, Vera Lucia Portal1, Rita Timmers1, Melissa Medeiros Markoski1, Carlos Antônio Mascia Gottschall1 Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia1; Universidade Federal d...

An elderly patient who underwent a complex emergency abdominal aneurysmectomy two weeks ago is in coma, ventilator dependent, and in severe multisystem organ failure with a deteriorating prognostic index score. The family has become increasingly hostile towards Dr S. Cold, the consultants, the ICU nurses, and the janitorial staff. An estranged wife has called once to defer decision-making to th...