Out-of- hospital mortality in the municipality of Cienfuegos, 2016 by Orlando Morera Álvarez, Daylin Madruga Jiménez, Liliana Caridad Romero Castro

“…Malignant tumors were the leading cause of death (rate of 79.1 x 10,000 inhabitants), followed by heart disease.…”
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Antivirals for the treatment of mild and moderate COVID-19 in South Africa by R Perumal, V Naidoo, S Govender, T N Gengiah

“…Given the low vaccine uptake in SA and other low‐ and middle‐income countries in sub‐Saharan Africa, the high prevalence of comorbidities and limited healthcare system capacity, evidence‐based interventions that reduce the risk of severe disease and death should be considered for implementation. Several antiviral classes have been newly developed or repurposed to treat COVID‐19 early after infection to retard progression to severe disease and reduce the risk of death, particularly in the elderly and/or in patients with comorbidities. …”
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Modeling and analysis of taeniasis and cysticercosis transmission dynamics in humans, pigs and cattle by Joshua, A. Mwasunda, Jacob I, Irunde, Damian, Kajunguri, Dmitry, Kuznetsov

“…In this case, other parameters with negative sensitivity indices such as death rate of taenia eggs and proportions of unconsumed infected beef and pork can be considered for disease control. …”
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Effects of low-flux and high-flux hemodialysis on the survival of elderly maintenance hemodialysis patients by Wanqing Huang, Jiuxu Bai, Yanping Zhang, Dongxia Qiu, Lin Wei, Chen Zhao, Zhuo Ren, Qian Wang, Kaiming Ren, Ning Cao

“…Background Elderly hemodialysis (HD) patients have a high risk of death. The effect of different types of HD membranes on survival is still controversial. …”
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Silent witnesses: unveiling the epidemic of femicides in North-west Tshwane, South Africa – a decade of analysis by Yaseen Bismilla, K. K. Hlaise, C. Van Wyk

“…The inclusion criteria comprised female cases at autopsy, with a suspected homicidal manner of death. Excluded were cases classified as suicides, accidents, or natural deaths after further examination. …”
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Relationships between multiple patient safety outcomes and healthcare and hospital-related risk factors in colorectal resection cases: cross-sectional evidence from a nationwide sa... by Ralf Kuhlen, Jochen Schmitt, Felix Walther, Martin Roessler, Peter Scriba, Maria Eberlein-Gonska, Olaf Schoffer

“…In rectum resections hospital volume was protectively associated with death, renal failure and postoperative respiratory failure (ORs ranged from 0.7 to 0.8).Conclusions Transfer from other hospital and emergency admission are constantly associated with poor patient safety outcome. …”
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Integrating Infant Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding Education Into an App in a Novel Approach to Reaching High-Risk Populations: Prospective Observational Study by Tamar Krishnamurti, Rachel Moon, Rudolph Richichi, Rachel Berger

“… Abstract BackgroundSudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a leading cause of death for US infants, and nonrecommended sleep practices are reported in most of these deaths. …”
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Nursing Skill Assessment of Hospital Nurses in Management of Critically Ill Patients by Lingli Xu, Qiyu Sun, Jiayi Feng, Li Jing Huang, Chunjing Xu, Weihong Shen, Jian Ding, Yongmei Jin

“…The ICU transfer in the observation group were 2, while 9 in the observation group. There was no death in the observation group, however, 4 in the observation group. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of young COPD, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021 by Yi Zhu, Tao Shen, Ruixin Guo, Ke Liu, Xiyu Cao, Xiuli Yang, Chuantao Zhang

“…In 2021, the prevalence, incidence, death, and DALYs rates exhibited similar trends, increasing with age. …”
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Assessment of Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors Among Pediatric Patients With Burkitt Lymphoma at Kenyatta National Hospital by Divya Kumari Toor, Amsalu Degu, Peter N. Karimi

“…Data analysis of factors associated with treatment and disease progression‐related death was carried out using the SPSS version 29.0 software. …”
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Factors influencing survival outcomes in patients with stroke at three tertiary hospitals in Zimbabwe: A 12-month longitudinal study. by Farayi Kaseke, Lovemore Gwanzura, Cuthbert Musarurwa, Elizabeth Gori, Tawanda Nyengerai, Timothy Kaseke, Aimee Stewart

“…The primary outcome variable, the duration of survival until death, was measured in days from the initiation of stroke treatment. …”
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Characteristics, Mortality, and Clinical Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 and Diabetes: A Reference Single-Center Cohort Study from Poland by Michał Kania, Konrad Mazur, Michał Terlecki, Bartłomiej Matejko, Jerzy Hohendorff, Zlata Chaykivska, Mateusz Fiema, Marianna Kopka, Małgorzata Kostrzycka, Magdalena Wilk, Tomasz Klupa, Przemysław Witek, Barbara Katra, Marek Klocek, Marek Rajzer, Maciej T. Malecki

“…We identified a number of clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic variables associated with the risk of hospital death in DPs.…”
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Clinical and molecular response to alpha1‐oleate treatment in patients with bladder cancer by Farhan Haq, Samudra Sabari, Jaromir Háček, Antonín Brisuda, Ines Ambite, Michele Cavalera, Parisa Esmaeili, Murphy Lam Yim Wan, Shahram Ahmadi, Marek Babjuk, Catharina Svanborg

“…Uptake of alpha1‐oleate by the tumor triggered rapid shedding of tumor cells into the urine and cell death by an apoptosis‐like mechanism. RNA sequencing of tissue biopsies confirmed the activation of apoptotic cell death and strong inhibition of cancer gene networks, including bladder cancer related genes. …”
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Clofarabine induces tumor cell apoptosis, GSDME-related pyroptosis, and CD8+ T-cell antitumor activity via the non-canonical P53/STING pathway by Jing Chen, Jie Wu, Xiang Chen, Qian Tao, Nian Liu, Cong Peng, Can Lu, Qiuqiu Li

“…This resulted in apoptosis, pyroptosis, and immunogenic cell death in tumor cells by Clo. Furthermore, Clo-induced GSDME-mediated pyroptosis partly assists in activating T cell immunity via CCL5 and CXCL10. …”
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Mortality and Its Predictors among Adult Human Immune-Deficiency Virus-Infected Patients Attending Their Antiretroviral Treatment at Health Centers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Multicen... by Selam Tesfayohannes, Sisay Shine, Abinet Mekuria, Sisay Moges

“…Results. The incidence of death rate in adult HIV-positive patients was 55 (8.5%) fatalities, translating to a death rate of 3.25 per 100 person-years. …”
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Prevalence of mortality caused by injuries at Livingstone University Hospital, Zambia. A retrospective cross-sectional study. by Lukundo Siame, Malan Malumani, Chiyeñu O R Kaseya, Sergiy Ivashchenko, Leah Nombwende, Sepiso K Masenga, Benson M Hamooya, Michelo Haluuma Miyoba

“…Zambia bears a significant burden of trauma-related mortalities, contributing to 7% of all annual deaths and 1 in 5 premature deaths in the country. …”
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Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia by Solmon Gebremariam, Tamirat Moges

“…Rheumatic heart disease accounted for 53.7%; pneumonia, anemia, infective endocarditis, and recurrence of acute rheumatic fever were the main precipitating causes. Death occurred in 19% of cases. Younger age at presentation, low hemoglobin concentration, and undernutrition were associated with death with P value of 0.00, 0.01, and 0.02, respectively. …”
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Trends in the disease burden of cystic echinococcosis in China, 1990–2044 analysis and forecasting study by Jianping Li, Jingjing Wei

“…From 1990 to 2019, the incidence and prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in the Chinese population showed an overall increasing trend, whereas the death and DALY rates exhibited an overall decreasing trend. …”
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Pазказът на костните останки: два скелета от вкопано жилище № 10, ранносредновековен комплекс Брестница–Полето, Северозападна България... by Victoria Russeva, Lyuba Manoilova, Stiliyan Ivanov

“…It offers a reconstruction of the situation of the bodies at the time of their death – their positions and location, as well as a possible cause of death. …”
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Multiorganelle Localization of Metallated Phthalocyanine Photosensitizer in Colorectal Cancer Cells (DLD-1 and CaCo-2) Enhances Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy by Palesa Rose Sekhejane, Nicolette Nadene Houreld, Heidi Abrahamse

“…In conclusion, ZnPcSmix showed the ability of inducing apoptotic cell death features in PDT treated cells.…”
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