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Narratives of Disconnection: A Life Course Perspective of Methamphetamine Use Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV
BackgroundSexual minority men (SMM) are exposed to societal and structural stressors that translate into poor health outcomes. One such outcome is...
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Predictive value of the Thompson score for short-term adverse outcomes in neonatal encephalopathy
BackgroundTo explore the predictive value of the Thompson score during the first 4 days of life for estimating short-term adverse outcomes in...
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Advance Care Planning and Treatment Intensity Before Death Among Black, Hispanic, and White Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19
BackgroundBlack and Hispanic people are more likely to contract COVID-19, require hospitalization, and die than White people due to differences in...
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Sex-specific treatment characteristics and 30-day mortality outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients over 70 years of age—results from the prospective COVIP study
PurposeOlder critically ill patients with COVID-19 have been the most vulnerable during the ongoing pandemic, with men being more prone to...
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Knowledge of palliative care and preference of end of life care: a cross-sectional survey of residents in the Chinese socio-cultural background of Macao
BackgroundSince the establishment of a hospice in the year 2000 and the development of a palliative care ward in 2019, there is no study examining...
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Response to “The opinion of French pulmonologists and palliative care physicians on non-invasive ventilation during palliative sedation at end of life: a nationwide survey’’
We have several major concerns about this article [Guastella et al 2021]. Although it states that it is about palliative sedation, it is not. Rather,...
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The trajectory of very old critically ill patients
The demographic shift, together with financial constraint, justify a re-evaluation of the trajectory of care of very old critically ill patients...
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Current approach to the treatment of vasovagal syncope in adults
Vasovagal syncope (VVS) is the most common cause of transient loss of consciousness. Although not associated with mortality, it causes injuries,...
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“I Just Need Proper Treatment”: Being Hospitalized for Endocarditis among Individuals Who Inject Drugs Being Hospitalized for Endocarditis
BackgroundRates of hospitalization for injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis (IDU-IE) are increasing. Much is known about the poor...
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The predictive value of highly malignant EEG patterns after cardiac arrest: evaluation of the ERC-ESICM recommendations
PurposeThe 2021 guidelines endorsed by the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) recommend...
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The use of quantitative pupillometry in brain death determination: preliminary findings
PurposeQuantitative pupillometry (QP) has been increasingly applied in neurocritical care as an easy-to-use and reliable technique for evaluating the...
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Muslim Jurisprudence on Withdrawing Treatment from Incurable Patients: A Directed Content Analysis of the Papers of the Islamic Fiqh Council of the Muslim World League
This study investigates the views of contemporary Muslim jurists about withdrawing treatment of the terminally ill. Its aim is threefold. Firstly, it...
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An Update on Palliative Care in Neurocritical Care: Providing Goal-Concordant Care in the Face of Prognostic Uncertainty
Purpose of reviewWe investigate the complexities and interplay between the concepts of prognostic uncertainty and patient preferences as they relate...
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Modern-Day Practice of DCD Liver Transplantation: Controversies, Innovations, and Future Directions
Purpose of ReviewOver the past decade, donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplantation has expanded in the United States due to improved...
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Overcoming Conflicting Definitions of “Euthanasia,” and of “Assisted Suicide,” Through a Value-Neutral Taxonomy of “End-Of-Life Practices”
The term “euthanasia” is used in conflicting ways in the bioethical literature, as is the term “assisted suicide,” resulting in definitional...
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A Review of Therapeutics for Treatment-Resistant Depression in the Older Adult
One-third of older adults with depression meet criteria for treatment resistance, typically defined as a lack of response to two or more adequate...
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Symptomatic, functional and quality of life measures of remission in 194 outpatients with schizophrenia followed naturalistically in a 6-month, non-interventional study of aripiprazole once-monthly
An important goal in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia is remission in various domains, i.e., of symptoms, psychosocial functioning and...
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Association of Dynamic Trajectories of Time-Series Data and Life-Threatening Mass Effect in Large Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
BackgroundLife-threatening, space-occupying mass effect due to cerebral edema and/or hemorrhagic transformation is an early complication of patients...
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General population-based study on preferences towards end-of-life care in Southern Thailand: a cross-sectional survey
BackgroundEnd-of-life care preferences are potentially due to individual choice and feature variation due to culture and beliefs. This study aims to...
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Treatment status of extremely premature infants with gestational age < 28 weeks in a Chinese perinatal center from 2010 to 2019
BackgroundThere is a paucity of studies conducted in China on the outcomes of all live-birth extremely premature infants (EPIs) and there is no...
