Background: In accordance with the Uniform Determination of Death Act, guidelines for brain
death determination are developed at an institutional level, potentially leading to variability …

Background Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) pose a substantial burden to patients
and the health care system, due to long diagnostic and treatment delays. Methods This …

Background: Intra-cardiac thrombus (ICT) and spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) are considered
hypercoagulable and inflammatory conditions. We aimed to determine if high sensitivity …

Background : Although transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is a front line test for
assessment of cardioembolic sources of thrombi, clinicians are uncertain if all patients need TEE …

Article abstract Apnea testing in brain death determination may result in cardiovascular
complications. Hypotension occurred in 24% and cardiac arrhythmias occurred in <1% of the 145 …

The scope, methodology and tools of Islamic bioethics as a self-standing discipline remain
open to debate. Physicians, sociologists, Islamic law experts, historians, religious leaders as …

The authors report two patients with suspected brain death who required confirmatory tests
other than clinical examination because of prolonged barbiturate administration for …

… At the breakfast table, Shamael Haque requests Dave to leave the house when he goes to
… to stay in the same house with Saudia, Shamael's wife, while her husband is away. Dave …

1 Background There are some vigorous debates over the extent to which religion plays a role
in modern healthcare. These debates includes concerns over clinicians providing religious …