A multi-disciplinary, protocolised care for hip fracture surgeries shortens hospital stay, time to admission and surgery by Khai Cheong Wong, Gideon Jia Wei Cheok, Kenny Xian Khing Tay, Joyce Suang Bee Koh, Tet Sen Howe, Yeong Huei Ng

“…Mean length of stay was shorter in the POST-PROTOCOL group (11.2 ± 9.0 vs 14.8 ± 13.0 days; 95% CI, 2.5 to 4.7; p < .001), with more patients discharged within 9 days (55.6% vs 43.2%; p < .001). Inpatient mortality rate was similar ( p = .213). Conclusion Despite having a higher proportion of patients with poorer physiological status, time to admission, time to surgery and length of stay improved in the POST-PROTOCOL group.…”
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Treatment results of cardiac tamponade due to thoracic trauma at Jeju Regional Trauma Center, Korea: a case series by Jeong Woo Oh, Minjeong Chae

“…Two of the seven patients died (mortality rate, 28.5%). Conclusions Relatively favorable treatment results were observed for traumatic cardiac tamponade patients after Jeju Regional Trauma Center was established.…”
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Analysis of Maternal and Child Health Indicators in an Area at Paraná State, Brazil by Emiliana Cristina Melo, Ana Beatriz Guedes Ribeiro, Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira, Robsmeire Calvo Melo Zurita, Thais Aidar de Freitas Mathias

“…The aim of this study was to analyze maternal and child health indicators and infant mortality rate (IMR) at the cities located at the 18th Health Division (HD) in Parana State, Brazil. …”
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Dissecting Pseudoaneurysm of the Proper Hepatic Artery Repaired by Primary Anastomosis: A Case Report by Roshan Razik, Aria Fallah, Charbel Sandroussi, Alice C. Wei, Ian D. McGilvray

“…Although rare, visceral artery pseudoaneurysms often present as surgical emergencies with a specific mortality rate as high as 35% related to aneurysmal rupture. …”
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The Role of Ultrasound and Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Subcutaneous Esophageal Bypass in a Dysphagic Patient by Simone Vetere, Maria Luisa Mennini, Daniele Pironi, Manuela Brighi, Stefano Pontone

“…Esophageal reconstructions are high risk procedures because of their morbidity and mortality rate. Cervical anastomotic strictures, colon transplant redundancy, recurrent dysphagia, intestinal obstruction, regurgitation, and aspiration are the most frequent late complications. …”
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A Study of the anthrax transmission model in herbivorous animals involving vaccination and harvesting by Anita Triska, Mona Zevika

“…Caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, anthrax is a serious zoonotic disease with a mortality rate of up to 60%. This disease naturally occurs in soil and commonly affects both domestic and wild animals worldwide. …”
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Assessing Africa's child survival gains and prospects for attaining SDG target on child mortality. by Sunday A Adedini, Seun Stephen Anjorin, Jacob Wale Mobolaji, Elvis Anyaehiechukwu Okolie, Sanni Yaya

“…Results showed that only 8 out of the 54 African countries have achieved substantial reductions in under-5 mortality with an under-five mortality rate (U5MR) of 25 deaths per 1,000 live births or less. …”
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Impact of Inappropriate Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy on Mortality of Septic Patients with Bacteremia: A Retrospective Study by Saoraya Lueangarun, Amorn Leelarasamee

“…Inappropriate empiric antimicrobials could be a major cause of unfavorable mortality rates in co-morbid patients. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and impact of first-dose and 24-hour inappropriate antimicrobials on mortality rates of bacteremic septic patients. …”
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Demographics, aetiology and outcome of paediatric acute liver failure in Singapore by Fang Kuan Chiou, Veena Logarajah, Christopher Wen Wei Ho, Lynette Suk-Hui Goh, Sivaramakrishnan Venkatesh Karthik, Marion Margaret Aw, Kong Boo Phua

“…Overall spontaneous recovery rate (survival without liver transplantation [LT]) was 38.2%, and overall mortality rate was 47.1%. Six patients underwent living-donor LT, and the post-transplant survival at one year was 83.3%. …”
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Stevens–Johnson Syndrome and Herpes Simplex Type 1 Infection during Adalimumab Therapy for Crohn’s Disease by Jenny Roselli, Tommaso Innocenti, Erica Nicola Lynch, Laura Parisio, Pasquale Apolito, Tommaso Mello, Giuseppe Macrì, Monica Milla, Maria Rosa Biagini, Mirko Tarocchi, Stefano Milani, Andrea Galli

“…Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a severe mucocutaneous adverse drug reaction with a relatively high mortality rate. SJS is described during herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) infection and, rarely, even during adalimumab therapy. …”
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Application of Nano-drug Delivery Technology in Overcoming Drug Resistance 
in Lung Cancer by Yingchun LU, Chunyu WANG, Bin LIU

“…Lung cancer is one of the most malignant tumor, representing a significant threat to human health. In China, its mortality rate is the highest among all malignant tumors. …”
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Pair combinations of human monoclonal antibodies fully protected mice against bunyavirus SFTSV lethal challenge. by Bang Li, Xiang-Rong Qin, Jia-Chen Qu, Guan-du Wu, Wen-Kang Zhang, Ze-Zheng Jiang, Pan-Pan Liu, Ze-Min Li, Tian-Mei Yu, Chuan-Min Zhou, Yong-Jun Jiao, Xue-Jie Yu

“…Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by a tick-borne virus SFTSV with a mortality rate of up to 30%. Currently, there is no vaccine or effective therapy for SFTS. …”
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Diphtheria case detection and carrier study of close contacts: A step towards diphtheria eradication by Shilpa R. Shah, Nisha C. Karanje

“…Introduction: Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by gram-positive bacilli C. diphtheriae involving nasal, pharyngeal, tonsillar, or laryngeal mucus membranes. The mortality rate is as high as 20%, with India contributing almost 78% of the world incidence. …”
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A Prospective Observational Comparative study Between qSOFA and SIRS Scores for Early Prediction of Sepsis Outcome in an Emergency Medicine Department , Kozhencherry, South Centr... by Rahul Rajeev, , J S Krishna Raj, Anu T R, Pratibha Dabas, Roshni, Seeja Sumedhan

“…A significant correlation was found between qSOFA scores and outcomes (p=0.007). The in-hospital mortality rate was 30.2%. Conclusion While qSOFA demonstrated a slight advantage in predicting in-hospital mortality, SIRS showed higher sensitivity in sepsis diagnosis. …”
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Rollover Car Crashes with Ejection: A Deadly Combination—An Analysis of 719 Patients by Rifat Latifi, Ayman El-Menyar, Hany El-Hennawy, Hassan Al-Thani

“…Group I had higher injury severity score and sustained significantly more head, chest, and abdominal injuries in comparison to Group II. The mortality rate was higher in Group I (25% versus 7%; P=0.001). …”
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Toxic epidermal necrolysis with thrombocytopenia induced by intravenous immunoglobulin: a case report and mini review by Yoshihiro Nishita, Masatoshi Taga, Nozomi Arakawa, Tomoki Ishida, Sawako Ochiai, Hiroto Ono, Fumiaki Taga, Togen Masauji

“…Abstract Background Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), a severe cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction induced particularly by drugs, is diagnosed when there is a fever of ≥ 38 °C, mucocutaneous symptoms, a rash with multiple erythema, and skin peeling of ≥ 30% of the body surface area. The mortality rate of TEN is high, and thrombocytopenia during treatment can lead to severe outcomes. …”
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Biological control of Schistocerca gregaria and Locusta migratoria migratorioides using Entomopathogenic bacteria by Jihan Muhammad, Zeinab Fathy, Saad Moussa

“…Under semi-field conditions, X. nematophila BA2 recorded nymphal mortality rates of 89.31% and 85.00% against the 2nd and 5th nymph instars of S. gregaria, respectively, and P. luminescens EGAP3 showed nymphal mortality rates of 88.00% and 80.00% against the 2nd and 5th nymph instars of S. gregaria, respectively. …”
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Research Progress on Responsiveness of Activities of Daily Living Scales of Patients with Stroke by XUE Kaiwen, LIU Xiangxiang, ZHANG Zeyu, WANG Yulong

“…Stroke is characterized with high morbidity, high disability rate and high mortality rate. Motor dysfunction after stroke often leads to decreased activities of daily living (ADL) and affects the quality of life of patients. …”
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The use of intraoperative mannitol during the laparoscopic nephrectomy in living kidney donor and the prevention of delayed graft function by Fernando Giron-Luque, Nasly Patino-Jaramillo, Yenny Baez-Suarez, Andrea García-López

“…The acute rejection episodes (12.2% without mannitol versus 4.7% with mannitol) had a trend difference between the comparative groups, but it was still not significant in the bivariate analysis (p = 0.06). The mortality rate in the recipient was not significant (p = 0.69). …”
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The Development of Endoscopic Techniques for Treatment of Walled-Off Pancreatic Necrosis: A Single-Center Experience by Mateusz Jagielski, Marian Smoczyński, Anna Jabłońska, Krystian Adrych

“…Procedure-related complications occurred in 16/101 (15.84%) patients. The mortality rate was 0.99% (1/101 patient). Therapeutic success was achieved in 99/101 (98.02%) patients. …”
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