Annals of internal medicine
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Editorial Historical Article
The Nazi doctors and Nuremberg: some moral lessons revisited.
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Renal failure requiring dialysis in the setting of hospitalization for serious illness is a poor prognostic sign, and dialysis and aggressive care are sometimes withheld. ⋯ For the few patients who survived, clinical outcomes were fairly good. With the exception of patients with the best prognoses, however, the cost-effectiveness of initiating dialysis and continuing aggressive care far exceeded $50,000 per quality-adjusted life-year, a commonly cited threshold for cost-effective care.
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Vitamin D intoxication is associated with the mobilization of skeletal calcium. ⋯ Occult vitamin D intoxication was detected in patients who were using dietary supplements that contained an unadvertised high level of vitamin D. Resolution of vitamin D intoxication was associated with a rebound in bone mineral density.
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Acquired autoantibodies to factor VIII in patients without hemophilia are rare, but they cause severe illness and death if not eradicated. ⋯ Daily administration of oral cyclophosphamide and prednisone without empirical factor VIII therapy seems to be an effective and well-tolerated treatment for acquired hemophilia.