Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Classis of Holland

Minutes of a special meeting of the Classis of Holland, held at Zeeland. The meeting concerns the secession of the Drenthe church from the Classis of Holland. The certificate of secession is dated May 15. Smit opposed the leadership of Van Raalte. Classis rules that Smit is forbidden to serve as pastor of the church and is deposed from the ministry. A letter is sent to the congregation with that information and to the Elders of the Reformed Associate Church in Martin, Michigan. Rev. Wynand Gardiner is called to serve the Kalamazoo church

Has mortality from acute renal failure decreased? A systematic review of the literature

PURPOSE: To determine mortality rates in patients with acute renal failure during the past decades. METHODS: We performed a MEDLINE search using the keywords "acute renal failure" crossed with "outcome," "mortality," "ICU," "critically ill" or "prognosis" in the period from January 1970 to December 2004. Abstracts and full articles were eligible if mortality rates were reported. We also reviewed the bibliographies of available studies for further potentially eligible studies. The dates of the observation period for each study and not the publication dates were considered for the analysis, so the earliest data were from 1956. RESULTS: Of 85 articles fulfilling the criteria, 5 were excluded because of duplicate publications using the same database, so that 80 were included in our review with a total of 15 897 patients. Mortality rates in most studies exceeded 30%, and there was no consistent change over time. CONCLUSION: Despite technical progress in the management of acute renal failure over the last 50 years, mortality rates seem to have remained unchanged at around 50%. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.SCOPUS: re.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe