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What passive euthanasia is

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
Background Euthanasia can be thought of as being either active or passive; but the precise definition of “passive euthanasia” is not always clear. Though all passive euthanasia involves the withholding of life-sustaining treatment, there would appear to ...
Iain Brassington
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Higher-Order Defeat and Withholding Judgment

Ergo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy, 2021
Defeat by higher-order evidence needs defending. Maria Lasonen-Aarnio argues powerfully for the conclusion that higher-order evidence does not have an unlimited capacity to defeat justification. While developing her main argument Lasonen-Aarnio poses two
Earl Conee
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Withdrawal/Withholding of Life-Sustaining Therapies: Limitation of Therapeutic Effort in the Intensive Care Unit

Medicina
Background/Objectives: The change in critically ill patients makes limitation of therapeutic effort (LTE) a widespread practice when therapeutic goals cannot be achieved. We aimed to describe the application of LTE in a post-surgical Intensive Care Unit (
Ángel Becerra-Bolaños, Daniela F. Ramos-Ahumada, Lorena Herrera-Rodríguez, Lucía Valencia-Sola, Nazario Ojeda-Betancor, Aurelio Rodríguez-Pérez   +5 more
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A Novel Computing Power Allocation Algorithm for Blockchain System in Multiple Mining Pools Under Withholding Attack

IEEE Access, 2020
To overcome the fast-changing block withholding attacks among multiple mining pools composed of miners in the blockchain system, this paper proposes a mining pool computing power allocation (MPPA) algorithm, which significantly improves the revenues of ...
Yourong Chen, Hao Chen, Meng Han, Banteng Liu, Qiuxia Chen, Tiaojuan Ren   +5 more
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Evapotranspiration and grain yield of upland rice as affected by water deficit

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2016
To achieve an accurate phenotyping for drought tolerance, it is important to control water stress levels and timing. This study aimed to determine water use by upland rice plants during periods of irrigation withholding and its relationship with grain ...
Cleber M. Guimarães, Luís F. Stone, Ana C. de L. Silva   +2 more
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Impact of withholding breastfeeding at the time of vaccination on the immunogenicity of oral rotavirus vaccine--a randomized trial. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Breast milk contains anti-rotavirus IgA antibodies and other innate immune factors that inhibit rotavirus replication in vitro. These factors could diminish the immunogenicity of oral rotavirus vaccines, particularly if breastfeeding occurs close to the ...
Asad Ali, Abdul Momin Kazi, Margaret M Cortese, Jessica A Fleming, SungSil Moon, Umesh D Parashar, Baoming Jiang, Monica M McNeal, Duncan Steele, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Anita K M Zaidi   +10 more
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Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani, Lakshmi Pillai, Reid D. Landes, Aliyah Glover, Shannon Doerhoff, Jennifer Kleiner, Mitesh Lotia, Rohit Dhall, Edgar Garcia‐Rill   +8 more
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Withdrawing or withholding treatments in health care rationing: an interview study on ethical views and implications

BMC Medical Ethics, 2022
Background When rationing health care, a commonly held view among ethicists is that there is no ethical difference between withdrawing or withholding medical treatments.
Liam Strand, Lars Sandman, Gustav Tinghög, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund   +3 more
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Clinical Spectrum and Outcomes of SOX1 Antibody‐Associated Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes: A Chinese Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background SOX1 antibody‐positive paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) exhibit significant population‐specific clinical heterogeneity. While Western cohorts predominantly manifest Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome (65%–80%), comprehensive clinical characterization and treatment response data in Asian populations remain critically ...
Jin‐Long Ye, Zu‐Ying Kuang, Bo Li, Meng‐Qiu Pan, Li‐Hua Zhou, Yang‐Yang Dai, Si‐Fen Xie, Xian‐Guang Lin, Ye‐Peng Hu, Li‐Hong Jiang, Zhan‐Hang Wang, Wei‐Jing Zhang   +11 more
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Navigating the shadows: medical professionals’ values and perspectives on end-of-life care within pediatric intensive care units in Croatia

Frontiers in Pediatrics
Background and aimThis study explores healthcare professionals’ perspectives on end-of-life care in pediatric intensive care units (ICUs) in Croatia, aiming to illuminate their experiences with such practices, underlying attitudes, and major decision ...
Marko Curkovic, Marko Curkovic, Filip Rubic, Ana Jozepovic, Milivoj Novak, Boris Filipovic-Grcic, Boris Filipovic-Grcic, Julije Mestrovic, Kristina Lah Tomulic, Branimir Peter, Diana Spoljar, Štefan Grosek, Sunčana Janković, Jurica Vukovic, Jurica Vukovic, Mirjana Kujundžić Tiljak, Andrija Štajduhar, Ana Borovecki   +17 more
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