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The Market For Medical Ethics, Maxwell Gregg Bloche

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

At the core of Kenneth Arrow’s classic 1963 essay on medical uncertainty is a claim that has failed to carry the day among economists. This claim—that physician adherence to an anti-competitive ethic of fidelity to patients and suppression of pecuniary influences on clinical judgment pushes medical markets toward social optimality—has won Arrow near-iconic status among medical ethicists (and many physicians). Yet conventional wisdom among health economists, including several participants in this symposium, holds that this claim is either naïve or outdated. Health economists admire Arrow’s article for its path-breaking analysis of market failures resulting from information asymmetry, uncertainty, and moral …

Relación Entre Monitoreo Ambulatorio De Presión Arterial De 24 Horas Y Alteraciones En La Memoria Reciente De Adultos Mayores De 55 Años [Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitorization Statement With Recent Memory Disturbs In Adults Oldness Than 55 Years], Egle Silva, Aldrin Molero, Gloria Pino, Tulio Sulbarán, Gladys E. Maestre

School of Medicine Publications and Presentations

We display a poblational and transversal cohort study with 402 male and female patients of 55 years old or than oldness, from Santa Lucía Maracaibo City Parroquial. Neuropsychologic essays were performs for recent memory evaluation; as a result we obtain two groups: with recent memory disturb and recent memory normal. Weight (kg), tall (m), body mass index (w/t2) and fortituos blood pressure with Dynamap Critikon were performs too. All patients were evaluated with an automatic engine for ambulatory blood pressure monitorization during vigil and sleep hours.

Our conclusions were: 1) Exist a relation of systolic blood pressure with recent memory …

Polimorfismo De Apolipoproteína E Y Valores De Presión Arterial Ambulatoria Durante 24 Horas En Adolescentes [Apolipoprotein E Polimorphisms And Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring During 24 Hours In Adolescents], Egle Silva, Tulio Sulbarán, Gladys E. Maestre, Aldrin Molero, Waleska Fulkado

School of Medicine Publications and Presentations

Objectives: To find the predictive value of apolipoprotein E (apo E) and ambulatory measure of blood pressure in adolescents.

Methods: We performed ambulatory monitoring of blood pres- sure (AMBP) in 176 adolescents (13.18 years old) of both genders who came to the Center of cardiovascular Disease at the University of Zulia (Venezuela). The average BP during wake, sleep and 24 hours as well as their variations, were regístered. Apo E gen was also determined by Polimerase chain and the diagnosis of the genotype was made on the gel photography according to the combination of bands of different sizes.

Results: …