While scaremongers warn of socialism, the real danger to our democracy is that we are becoming a plutocracy in which moneyed interests buy the votes of legislators for whom the goal of re-election is paramount and the need to raise money is incessant.
In published trials insulin treatment was required in more than 98% of ICU patients in whom the goal was to maintain normoglycaemia [ 1- 3].
IRs rated as severe in the OLE occurred in four patients, none of whom sustained goal range urate lowering, and in seven patients who received placebo in the RCT.
For example, in one study based on data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2004, the BP control rate (to <140/90 mmHg) was 56.6% in treated hypertensives, and 37.5% in treated hypertensive persons with diabetes mellitus (for whom the goal BP is <130/8 0mmHg) [ 6].
While the organisation supports anti-establishment and civil disobedience as its set of principles, it also welcomes a large number of people for whom such goals are perhaps not as important as Anonymous would like us to believe.
Sample size was based on the generally accepted rule of thumb of the number of events (in our study the number of patients in whom all goals of the SSC resuscitation bundle were attained) divided by ten.
These approaches are likely to be too toxic in older adults with relapsed AML, in whom the goals of therapy can no longer be curative.
In contrast to the above mentioned research, we studied the health status of well-controlled type 2 diabetes patients, in whom treatment goals for HbA1c, blood pressure and cholesterol had been reached.
The unpredictable nature of recurrent VTE may also be a problem for patients for whom 'last goals' are important, and a sudden but unpleasant death can contribute to family distress in bereavement.
In contrast to earlier studies, we assessed the associations between the number and type of comorbidities and health status in well-controlled type 2 diabetes patients, in whom treatment goals for HbA1c, blood pressure and cholesterol had been reached.
All goals were achieved in 24%. Figure 1 shows the number of patients in whom a specific goal was achieved.
