Acute diquat poisoning induces paralytic ileus and hepatic portal venous gas: a case report by Hongji Yin, Dongxing Sun, Fengting Liu, Ruosai Xin

“…Although its toxicity is significantly lower than paraquat, it still has a high mortality rate when ingested in large quantities. This report presents the case of a 21-year-old female who developed severe paralytic ileus and the rare radiological finding of hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) after ingesting 150 mL of diquat. …”
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Empirical Evidence for Various Evolutionary Hypotheses on Species Demonstrating Increasing Mortality with Increasing Chronological Age in the Wild by Giacinto Libertini

“…In particular, (1) the existence of many species with a constant, or almost constant, mortality rate, especially the so-called “animals with negligible senescence”; (2) the inverse correlation, observed in mammals and birds in the wild, between extrinsic mortality and the proportion of deaths due to intrinsic mortality; (3) the existence of highly sophisticated, genetically determined, and regulated mechanisms that limit and modulate cell duplication capacities and overall cell functionality. …”
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Untreated HSV Leading to Neonatal Death by Meghan Sawyer, Sharon Thomas

“…Further emphasis is placed on the importance of early detection and prompt treatment of HSV sepsis due to the high mortality rate of the disease, including the potential need for a notification system to inform pediatricians and family practitioners about maternal post-partum diagnoses. …”
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Gizzard erosion in chickens by Metin Münir Kıran, Şenay Berkin, İbrahim Çetin

“…In this study, gizzard erosion was investigated in twelve 4-5 weeks old chickens. The mortality rate was determined as 7 per cent.<p> Grossly, erosions with varying sizes and numbers were found in the affected gizzards. …”
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Up-to- date summary about human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by Raysy Sardiñas Ponce

“…In our country, all these initiatives have achieved an important decrease in mortality rate due to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and an improvement in the quality of life of all those who live with the human immunodeficiency virus . …”
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Anaphylactoid Reaction from IV Contrast Dye Causing Ischemic Colitis with Portal Venous Gas by Adeleke Adesina, Adam Colombo, Rebecca Jeanmonod

“…The finding of portal venous gas carries a high mortality rate. We report the first case of portal venous gas associated with anaphylactoid reaction to intravenous contrast dye in a middle-aged woman. …”
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Solely MRI-Guided Cardiac Catheterization for Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension in a Pregnant Lady with Undiagnosed Congenital Heart Disease by Aphrodite Tzifa, Ioannis Polymerou, Dimitra Loggitsi

“…Amongst pregnant women with CHD and pulmonary hypertension (PH), the mortality rate can be as high as 30%. Cardiac catheterization procedures for assessment of haemodynamics and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) are often required in this patient population for risk stratification. …”
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Lactoferrin Decreases the Intestinal Inflammation Triggered by a Soybean Meal-Based Diet in Zebrafish by Pilar E. Ulloa, Camila J. Solís, Javiera F. De la Paz, Trevor G. S. Alaurent, Mario Caruffo, Adrián J. Hernández, Patricio Dantagnan, Carmen G. Feijóo

“…Larvae with intestinal inflammation had increased mortality rate compared to control larvae. Importantly, 50SBM+LF1.5 larvae had a mortality rate lower than control larvae. …”
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Emergency Laparotomy in the Critically Ill: Futility at the Bedside by Niels D. Martin, Sagar P. Patel, Kristen Chreiman, Jose L. Pascual, Benjamin Braslow, Patrick M. Reilly, Lewis J. Kaplan

“…The presence of any identifiable abdominal pathology established a 90% mortality rate. Conclusions. The need for BSL portends an extremely high mortality rate and is likely useful in preintervention counselling. …”
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Newborn Care Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers of One-Month-Old Infants in Southwest Ethiopia by Amanuel Nuramo Sakelo, Nega Assefa, Lemessa Oljira, Zebene Mekonnen Assefa

“…According to Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2016, the neonatal mortality rate was 29 deaths per 1000 live births, and the postneonatal mortality rate was 19 deaths per 1000 live births with neonates contributing 48 deaths per 1000 of the infant mortality. …”
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Methodological issues of retrospective surveys for measuring mortality of highly clustered diseases: case study of the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak in Bo District, Sierra Leone by Grazia Caleo, Kamalini Lokuge, Katina Kardamanidis, Jane Greig, Jaroslava Belava, Emer Kilbride, Alhaji Sayui Turay, Gbessay Saffa, Ronald Kremer, Francesco Grandesso, Kostas Danis, Armand Sprecher, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Holly Baker, Helen A. Weiss

“…Crude and adjusted mortality rates were estimated using Poisson regression, accounting for the surveys sample weights and the clustered design. …”
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Comparative study between high and low dose methylene blue infusion in septic cancer patients: a randomized, blinded, controlled study by Ehab Hanafy Shaker, Ahmed Mohamed Soliman, Ahmed Abd Elmohsen Bedewy, Mai Mohamed Elrawas

“…The difference between the three groups in mortality rate was near statistical significance (p = 0.083). …”
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Shrimp White Spot Viral Infections Are Attenuated by Organic Acids by Regulating the Expression of HO-1 Oxygenase and β-1,3-Glucan-Binding Protein by Ioan Pet, Igori Balta, Nicolae Corcionivoschi, Tiberiu Iancu, Ducu Stef, Lavinia Stef, Iuliana Cretescu

“…The peritrophic membrane (PM) was proven essential to ensure Aq efficacy, as the infected and treated PM deficient shrimp (PM−) had a mortality rate of 27.8%, compared to only 9.34% mortality in the infected shrimp at 2% Aq and in the presence of PM (PM+). …”
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Clinical and microbiological characteristics and prognosis of invasive infection caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in the community by Hongkui Sun, Hanlin Zhang, Wenqing Lai, Li Lei, Jianwei Li, Miaolian Chen, Haijun Li, Zhanyuan Zhao

“…Background The incidence of invasive infection of Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) in the community is increasing every year, and the high disability and mortality rates associated with them pose great challenges in clinical practice. …”
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Prevalence, causes and outcomes of hospital admissions in Mongolia: a national registry-based descriptive analysisResearch in context by Altanchimeg Sainbayar, Ganbold Lundeg, Naranpurev Mendsaikhan, Jens Meier, Martin W. Dünser

“…The endpoints were the prevalence of and most common reasons for hospital admission, the length of hospital stay, and the hospital mortality rate. Descriptive methods, Chi-square tests, Mann-Whitney-U-tests, and ANOVA on ranks were used for data analysis. …”
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Burden of early neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Natnael Moges, Anteneh Mengist Dessie, Denekew Tenaw Anley, Melkamu Aderajew Zemene, Natnael Atnafu Gebeyehu, Getachew Asmare Adella, Gizachew Ambaw Kassie, Misganaw Asmamaw Mengstie, Mohammed Abdu Seid, Endeshaw Chekol Abebe, Molalegn Mesele Gesese, Yenealem Solomon Kebede, Sefineh Fenta Feleke, Tadesse Asmamaw Dejenie, Natnael Amare Tesfa, Wubet Alebachew Bayih, Ermias Sisay Chanie, Berihun Bantie

“…<h4>Background</h4>Globally, with a neonatal mortality rate of 27/1000 live births, Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate in the world and is responsible for 43% of all infant fatalities. …”
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Men's more frequent predisposing factors in infectious endocarditis facilitate improvement of outcomes by shortening of diagnostic delay by S. Andreß, K. Reischmann, S. Markovic, F. Rohlmann, B. Hay, W. Rottbauer, D. Buckert, S. d'Almeida

“…Notably, only in the male cohort, a shorter time to diagnosis was associated with a lower mortality rate (p = 0.035, optimal cut-point 3.5 days). …”
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Asymmetric Randomly Censored Mortality Distribution: Bayesian Framework and Parametric Bootstrap with Application to COVID-19 Data by Rashad M. EL-Sagheer, Mohamed S. Eliwa, Khaled M. Alqahtani, Mahmoud EL-Morshedy

“…Finally, Monte Carlo simulation is performed to observe the behavior of the proposed methods, and a real data set of COVID-19 mortality rate is analyzed for illustration.…”
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Descending Necrotising Mediastinitis: A Case Report Illustrating a Trend in Conservative Management by B. A. P. Jayasekera, O. T. Dale, R. C. Corbridge

“…The mortality rate from descending necrotising mediastinitis (DNM) has declined since its first description in 1938. …”
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Spectroscopic Approach to Capillary-Alveolar Membrane Damage Induced Acute Lung Injury by Jing Wang, Luis Oppenheimer, Paola Fata, Julio Pintin, Ross Stimpson, Henry H Mantsch

“…BACKGROUND: Acute (or adult) respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is often associated with a high mortality rate in the critical care population. The term acute lung injury (ALI), a primitive phase of ARDS, was introduced by the European and American consensus groups to provide early diagnoses of ARDS. …”
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