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Homocysteine and its disulfide derivatives: a suggested consensus terminology.

In recent years, there has been an upsurge of interest in elevation of the plasma concentration of homocysteine and closely related metabolites as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (reviewed, for example, in References 1 through 3). Homocysteine itself is a thiol(sulfhydryl-) containing amino acid, but in normal human plasma and other tissues, a variety of related disulfide ...

The Appleton Consensus: suggested international guidelines for decisions to forgo medical treatment.

Thirty-three physicians, bioethicists, and medical economists from ten different countries met at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, to create The Appleton Consensus: International Guidelines for Decisions to Forgo Medical Treatment. The guidelines deal with four specific decision-making circumstances. 1. Five guidelines were created for decisions involving competent patients or patients...

A consensus statement regarding the present suggested titration for prialt (ziconotide).

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(2014). Can we predict which hospitalised patients are in their last year of life? A prospective cross-sectional study of the Gold Standards Framework Prognostic Indicator Guidance as a screening tool in the acute hospital setting. Copyright Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in a...

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