BACKGROUND Legalizing euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is a current topic of debate in many countries. The Netherlands is the only country where legislation covers both. OBJECTIVES To study physicians' experiences and attitudes concerning the choice between euthanasia and PAS. METHODS A questionnaire including vignettes was sent to a random sample of 1955 Dutch general practit...

PURPOSE A workforce study by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicted a shortage of 2,350 to 3,800 oncologists, or 9.5 to 15 million visits, by 2020. Proposed solutions included use of physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs). Although 56% of the oncologists reported working with PAs/NPs, the AAMC did not survey PAs or NPs. This article uses additional data ...

Purpose The impact of previous abdominal surgery (PAS) on surgical outcomes from laparoscopic and robot surgeries is inconclusive. This study aimed to investigate the impact of PAS on perioperative outcomes from laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgeries. Methods From March 2007 to February 2014, a total of 612 and 238 patients underwent laparoscopic and robotic surgeries, respectively. Pa...

la répétition, un mécanisme indispensable pour tout apprentissage dont celui des langues étrangères, paraît, depuis un certain temps, avoir perdu en crédibilité dans les nouveaux ensembles pédagogiques. pourtant nul doute de sa nécessité dans le processus d’enseignement/apprentissage par son effet sur la mémoire. dans cet article, après avoir brièvement rappelé la place de la répétition dans le...

Increased intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) in renal tubular epithelia accelerates the progression of polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Thus, decreasing cAMP levels by an adenylyl cyclase inhibitory G protein activator is considered to be an effective approach in ameliorating PKD. In fact, pasireotide (PAS) was effective in reducing disease progression in animal models of PKD. However, hyperglycem...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using paired-associative stimulation (PAS) to study excitatory and inhibitory plasticity in adolescents while examining variables that may moderate plasticity (such as sex and environment). METHODS We recruited 34 healthy adolescents (aged 13-19, 13 males, 21 females). To evaluate excitatory plasticity, we compared mean ...

from general and regional anesthesia. the incidence of this complication is reported to be 40-70% among patients. pas occurrence depends on various factors such as age, gender and drugs used in anesthesia and surgery time. granisetron is a serotonin 5ht3 receptor antagonist. beneficial effects of such drugs have been shown in a limited number of studies. in this study, preventive effects of gra...