new-onset hyperglycemia in patients admitted to intensive care units increases the risk of morbidity and mortality. insulin resistance is frequently seen in the treatment of stress-induced hyperglycemia. metformin, an oral anti-hyperglycemic agent, may introduce a new treatment protocol in critically ill patients with insulin-resistance hyperglycemia. fifty-one non-diabetic traumatized patients...

background: fasting is the islamic worship of man in order to approach god.  there is a direct relationship between fasting, abstaining from eating and drinking, and man’s health as well as ill-health. therefore, through fasting the religious and medical issues are interwoven with each other; so that man can maintain his physical heath by performing a religious worship. findings: medical propos...

The author first explains that he will argue for the constitutional right to die, including the right of terminally ill persons to physician-assisted suicide. It would be a constitutional tragedy otherwise because it would entail that the Constitutional sanctions a horrible form of tyranny and that the Constitution allows citizens to author their own tragic endings. In the final part of the ess...

HELD: The Alaska Constitution's guarantees of privacy and liberty do not afford terminally ill persons the right to a physician's assistance in committing suicide and Alaska's statute prohibiting suicide assistance does not violate their right of equal protection.

background: drug utilization evaluation (due) studies are designed to evaluate and improve the rational use of medications. dues have focused on drugs used in high risk patients such as critically ill cases in this study. carbapenems are beta-lactam type antibiotics with broad-spectrum of activity which cover gram-positive, gram-negative and anaerobic bacteria. the heavy use of carbapenems (imi...

objective: there have been concerns about people with mental health problems experiencing harassment in the iranian community. this study measures the prevalence and nature of harassment experienced by individuals with mental health problems and compares them with the general population. methods : face to face interviews were conducted by trained interviewers to ascertain experiences of harassm...

severe sepsis and septic shock are major problems as the result of high rates morbidity andmortality in intensive care units (icus). in the presence of septic shock, each hour of delay inthe administration of effective antibiotics is associated with a measurable increase in mortality.aminoglycosides are effective broad-spectrum antibiotics that are commonly used in icus forthe treatment of life...