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Minor change in initial PEEP setting decreases rates of ventilator-associated events in mechanically ventilated trauma patients

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2020
Background Surveillance of ventilator-associated events (VAEs) as defined by the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is performed at many US trauma centers and considered a measure of healthcare quality. The surveillance algorithm relies in part on
Jordan A Weinberg, Kristina M Chapple, James N Bogert, Hahn Soe-Lin, Ethan Ferrel, Liviu Gabriel Calugaru, Jennifer Maxwell, Jessica A Johnson, Andrew W Mezher   +8 more
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Lawyers as Upholders of Human Dignity (When They Aren\u27t Busy Assaulting It) [PDF]

, 2005
David Luban argues in this lecture that the moral foundation of the lawyer\u27s profession lies in the defense of human dignity-and the chief moral danger facing the profession arises when lawyers assault human dignity rather than defend it.
Luban, David
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The Diagnosis That Arrived Decades Late: Living Without and Then With Myhre Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (MIM #139210) is a rare multisystem disorder first described in 1981, characterized by short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, joint contractures, and cardiopulmonary complications. Its molecular basis, recurrent pathogenic variants in SMAD4, was not discovered until 2011. This narrative is based on a review of medical records,
Abdallah F. Elias
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Dying with Dignity : Is This a Universal Concept? [PDF]

, 2014
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Centeno C, Martin-Moreno JM, Ourania Varsou, Rocafort J   +3 more
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Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue, Peter Anderson, Mark Brimble   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Debility, dependency and dread: On the conceptual and evidentiary dimensions of psychological torture

Torture, 2018
Background: Psychological torture is deployed to break and obliterate human resistance, spirit and personality, but it is rarely afforded sufficient attention.
Ergun Cakal
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Dignity and the Phenomenology of Recognition-Respect [PDF]

, 2017
What is dignity? My starting point is that dignity is one of those philosophical primitives that admit of no informative analysis. Nonetheless, I suggest, dignity might yield to indirect illumination when we consider the kind of experience we have (or ...
Kriegel, Uriah
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Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz, Fiona Carey, Libby Witts, Jessie Spence, Peter Mulherin, Megan Topping, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +7 more
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Feasibility of an interpreter-mediated neuropsychological test battery for trauma-affected refugees

European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Background: Cognitive impairment in trauma-affected refugees is often unassessed due to the absence of suitable cross-cultural neuropsychological measures, the high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms, and the need for interpreter mediation.
Søren Kit Bothe, T. Rune Nielsen, Linda Nordin, Sabina Palic, Marie Høgh Thøgersen   +4 more
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Educational Ethics in Academic Environment: Medical Students' Perspectives [PDF]

, 2016
Background and Objective: Educational ethics imply values such as honesty, reliance on one's own personal effort, not to abuse the efforts of others, and respect the dignity and respect for others.
Hosseini nejhad, SM., Jouybari, L., Kalantari, S., Saeedi, S., Sanagoo, A.   +4 more
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