Diagnostic value of EEG after a first unprovoked seizure in adults - A population-based study.

Objective: Electroencephalography (EEG) is a standard investigation after a first unprovoked seizure but the diagnostic value in adults remains unclear. Our objective was to investigate the diagnostic value of EEG after a first unprovoked seizure in a population-based cohort in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Methods: This retrospective population-based study included adult patients referred by a neurologist for EEG after a first unprovoked seizure from August 2016 - December 2019 in the greater Gothenburg catchment area.

Seeking worldwide professional consensus on the principles of end-of-life care for the critically ill. The Consensus for Worldwide End-of-Life Practice for Patients in Intensive Care Units (WELPICUS) study.

Great differences in end-of-life practices in treating the critically ill around the world warrant agreement regarding the major ethical principles. This analysis determines the extent of worldwide consensus for end-of-life practices, delineates where there is and is not consensus, and analyzes reasons for lack of consensus. Critical care societies worldwide were invited to participate.

Fast-track concepts in major open upper abdominal and thoracoabdominal surgery: a review.

Introduction: The purpose of this article was to review the research considering fast-track concepts in upper abdominal and thoracoabdominal surgery.

Methods: A search for clinical studies evaluating the fast-track concept after open major upper abdominal or thoracoabdominal surgery was performed. Reference lists of identified articles were searched.

Relieving suffering or intentionally hastening death: where do you draw the line?

Objective: End-of-life practices vary worldwide. The objective was to demonstrate that there is no clear-cut distinction between treatments administered to relieve pain and suffering and those intended to shorten the dying process.

Design: Secondary analysis of a prospective, observational study.

Reasons, considerations, difficulties and documentation of end-of-life decisions in European intensive care units: the ETHICUS Study.

Objective: To evaluate physicians' reasoning, considerations and possible difficulties in end-of-life decision-making for patients in European intensive care units (ICUs).

Design: A prospective observational study.

Setting: Thirty-seven ICUs in 17 European countries.

The importance of religious affiliation and culture on end-of-life decisions in European intensive care units.

Objective: To determine the influence of religious affiliation and culture on end-of-life decisions in European intensive care units (ICUs).

Design And Setting: A prospective, observational study of European ICUs was performed on consecutive patients with any limitation of therapy. Prospectively defined end-of-life practices in 37 ICUs in 17 European countries studied from 1 January 1999 to 30 June 2000 were compared for frequencies, patterns, timing, and communication by religious affiliation of physicians and patients and regions.

End-of-life practices in European intensive care units: the Ethicus Study.

Context: While the adoption of practice guidelines is standardizing many aspects of patient care, ethical dilemmas are occurring because of forgoing life-sustaining therapies in intensive care and are dealt with in diverse ways between different countries and cultures.

Objectives: To determine the frequency and types of actual end-of-life practices in European intensive care units (ICUs) and to analyze the similarities and differences.

Design And Setting: A prospective, observational study of European ICUs.