Clinico-demographical Profile of Pelvis and Acetabular Fracture Presenting in Tertiary Care Center of Nepal: An Observational Study by Ranjib Jha, Santosh Thapa, Asish Rajthala

“…The median hospital stay was 12.5 days and mortality rate were 2%. Conclusions: The proportion of pelvis fracture was comparable to other studies while the proportion of actebular was comparatively higher in this study. …”
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Factors associated with infant mortality in Nigeria: A scoping review. by Loveth Dumebi Nwanze, Alaa Siuliman, Nuha Ibrahim

“…Nigeria recorded an infant mortality rate of 72.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020, in contrast to the global estimate of 27.4 per 1,000 live births. …”
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Elucidating the potential of EGFR mutated NSCLC and identifying its multitargeted inhibitors by Anakha D. Rajeeve, Ramasamy Yamuna, P. K. Krishnan Namboori

“…Abstract Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related fatalities globally, accounting for the highest mortality rate among both men and women. Mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are frequently found in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). …”
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Neuroprotective Effects of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Bilateral Common Carotid Arteries Occlusion Model of Cerebral Ischemia in Rat by Bagher Pourheydar, Sara Soleimani Asl, Mostafa Azimzadeh, Adel Rezaei Moghadam, Asghar Marzban, Mehdi Mehdizadeh

“…The group treated with BMSCs had a lower mortality rate and also had significant improvement in functional recovery (P<0.001). …”
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Efficacy of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 by Dogan Mustafa, Yilmaz Berna

“…Besides, the reduction in mortality rate was more evident in individuals vaccinated with at least 2 doses of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine than in CoronaVac group.…”
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Effects of Undernutrition and Predictors on the Survival Status of HIV-Positive Children after Started Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Northwest Ethiopia by Mulugeta Molla, Fassikaw Kebede, Tsehay Kebede, Assefa Haile

“…The mean (±SD) age of participant children was found 118.4 (±38.24) months. The overall mortality rate in this study was determined as 5.4 per 100 child-years (95% CI: 3.6, 5.8). …”
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Why Does Pnemococcus Kill? by Yves Bergeron, Michel G Bergeron

“…While many virulence factors have been associated with fatal pneumococcal pneumonia. there is growing evidence that some components of the immune response contribute significantly to the high mortality rate. This paper reviews the major bacterial virulence factors and pathogenesis steps that characterize fatal pneumococcal pneumonia, with a focus on the inflammation that was observed from the initial infection to death in an experimental murine pneumonia model. …”
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Time series models for prediction of leptospirosis in different climate zones in Sri Lanka. by Janith Warnasekara, Suneth Agampodi, Rupika Abeynayake

“…In tropical countries such as Sri Lanka, where leptospirosis-a deadly disease with a high mortality rate-is endemic, prediction is required for public health planning and resource allocation. …”
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Occurrence of sarcopenia in elderly patients with coronary heart disease and its association with short-term prognosis by Hongfang Li, Fangfang Ma, Yite Li, Hongying Li, Jiancheng Huang

“…The sarcopenia group had higher rates of unconventional medical visits and major adverse cardiac and cerebral events compared with the non-sarcopenia group, with p < 0.05. The mortality rate in the sarcopenia group was higher than in the non-sarcopenia group, with p < 0.05. …”
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Neonatal Surgery Intensive Care Unit: Hacettepe University Experience by Umit Ayse Tandircioglu, Hasan Tolga Celik, Sule Yigit, Murat Yurdakok

“…In the last six years, the mortality rate was 5.25% in babies without surgical diseases and 18.3% in those with surgical diseases (p<0.05). …”
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An improved soft voting-based machine learning technique to detect breast cancer utilizing effective feature selection and SMOTE-ENN class balancing by Indu Chhillar, Ajmer Singh

“…Early detection and precise diagnosis of breast cancer can reduce the disease’s mortality rate. Recent advances in machine learning have benefited in this regard. …”
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Reduced Serum Butyrylcholinesterase Activity Indicates Severe Systemic Inflammation in Critically Ill Patients by Aleksandar R. Zivkovic, Karsten Schmidt, Annette Sigl, Sebastian O. Decker, Thorsten Brenner, Stefan Hofer

“…Systemic inflammation is an immune response to a nonspecific insult of either infectious or noninfectious origin and remains a challenge in the intensive care units with high mortality rate. Cholinergic neurotransmission plays an important role in the regulation of the immune response during inflammation. …”
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A Rare Case of Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Child with a Congenital Heart Disease by Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Ujjwal Laghu, Raju Poudel, Konosuke Morimoto, Koya Ariyoshi

“…Cryptococcal meningitis, which has a high mortality rate, is rare in immunocompetent children. Although many immunocompromised conditions are identified as predisposing factors, congenital heart disease in children is not well recognized as a predisposing factor for the disease. …”
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Predictive factors associated with short‐term mortality in cats with feline infectious peritonitis treated with remdesivir or GS‐441524 or both by Sho Goto, Tsuyoshi Kamiyoshi, Ryota Iwasaki

“…Results The short‐term mortality rate was 12.0% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.6%‐19.7%). …”
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Morbidity and mortality in the Cienfuegos Provincial Hospital (2018-2022) by Rodolfo Javier Rivero Morey, Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus, Jeisy Rivero Morey, Arelys Falcón Hernández, Moisés Aramís Santos Peña

“…In 2021, 2,879 patients died; for a mortality rate of 8 per 1000 inhabitants.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: most patients who come to hospital services are admitted by clinical specialties with a stay. …”
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Fatal Empyema Thoracis Caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum by Gu Q, Zhou L, Shen X, Xu L, Wu G, Pan W, Lin W, Lv D, Lin L, Yan S

“…Qianqian Gu,&ast; Lingren Zhou,&ast; Xiaofei Shen, Le Xu, Guixian Wu, Weijia Pan, Wenxia Lin, Dongqing Lv, Ling Lin, Shuangquan Yan Department of Respiratory Medicine, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, 317000, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ling Lin; Shuangquan Yan, Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, 150 Ximen Street, Taizhou, 317000, People’s Republic of China, Email Linling@enzemed.com; ysq25908712@163.comAbstract: Nocardiosis caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum is exceptionally rare and characterized by a high mortality rate. It typically affects immunocompromised patients, resulting in severe pulmonary or disseminated infections, and is notorious for abscess formation. …”
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The role of Shock Index and its derivatives in predicting mortality in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding by Mehmet Seyfettin Saribas, Ali Aygun, Furkan Kara, Adem Koksal, Ibrahim Caltekin

“…Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), a life-threatening emergency, causes significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. The mortality rate for UGIB is approximately 10%, but this rate rises to 15% in hemodynamically unstable patients. …”
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Anticardiolipin Autoantibodies as Useful Biomarkers for the Prediction of Mortality in Septic Patients by Amal Abouda, Z. Hajjej, A. Mansart, W. Kaabechi, D. Elhaj Mahmoud, O. Lamine, E. Ghazouani, M. Ferjani, I. Labbene

“…A total of 53 patients were enrolled. 18.8% of patients were aPL positive. In-hospital mortality rate was 60%. Multivariate analysis showed that age and aCL at days 3 and 5 along with SOFA at day 3 were independent outcome predictors. …”
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African swine fever clinical scoring system by M. E. Vlasov, V. M. Balyshev, A. D. Sereda

“…African swine fever (ASF) is a hemorrhagic viral disease that brings serious implications for animal health and economy due to high mortality rate, quarantine measures and restrictions on international trade in pig products. …”
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Plastic Bronchitis in Children: A Review of 55 Cases over a 10-Year Period by Xiaowen Chen, Shangzhi Wu, Zhanhang Huang, Yuneng Lin, Jiaxing Xu, Qingyun Xu, Dehui Chen

“…A total of 53 cases were improved with an overall mortality rate of 3.6%. Conclusions. PB in children is characterized by airway obstruction, mostly caused by respiratory infections, and timely removal of the cast by bronchoscopy is the most effective treatment.…”
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