Frequency Of Bacterial Co-Infections Isolated from Covid-19 Positive Patients From Tertiary Care Hospital Of Karachi by Fouzia Zeeshan Khan, Ambreen Fatima, Hareem Gohar, Mehwish Sajjad, Mona Siddiqui, Saima Naseem

“…The majority of these are multidrug-resistant pathogens, therefore, urgent action is required to control the spread of nosocomial infections by resistant strains, which are responsible for the high mortality rate among COVID-19 critical patients. …”
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Unravelling anti-cancer properties of solanaceous extracts using GC–MS and HPLC by Iqra Riaz, Yamin Bibi, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Sheeraz Ahmad, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Yawen Zeng, Abdul Qayyum

“…Abstract Cancer is a complex health issue that today’s medical science is dealing with, which has a mortality rate that is almost identical to that of cardiac disorders. …”
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Factors associated with poor outcomes in patients with maple syrup urine disease in a tertiary government hospital: A retrospective cohort study by Christine Mae S. Avila, Mary Ann R. Abacan

“…Fifty‐five percent of patients had developmental delay and 57% had seizures. Mortality rate was 25%. Age at collection of newborn screening (OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.04–1.60, p = 0.022) and the number of metabolic crisis in a year (OR 5.4, 95% CI 1.5–19.0, p = 0.008) were significantly associated with increased mortality. …”
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Unveiling the Hidden Burden: Estimating All-Cause Mortality Risk in Older Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes by Dikang Pan, Hui Wang, Sensen Wu, Jingyu Wang, Yachan Ning, Jianming Guo, Cong Wang, Yongquan Gu

“…Background. The mortality rate among older persons with diabetes has been steadily increasing, resulting in significant health and economic burdens on both society and individuals. …”
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Solanum Procumbens-Derived Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Suppress Lung Cancer In Vitro through Elevation of ROS by Ibrahim Ibrahim Abdel Aziz, Almaimani A. Riyad, Almasmoum A. Hussian, Ghaith M. Mazen, Moorthy Kannaiyan

“…Lung cancer is one of the cancers with high mortality rate. The current therapeutic regimens have only limited success rate. …”
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Unveiling promising sepsis biomarkers: a clinical perspective by Hong Zhang, Junpeng Zhao, Zhiping Wang, Mengxiang Huang, Zhonghua Tan, Feng Jiang, Yuhong Zhou, Linhua Wang, Mingbing Xiao

“…It is characterized by a high incidence, high mortality rate, and poor prognosis. With the increasing consumption of antibiotics and the growing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance, clinicians are in greater need of easily accessible and effective inflammatory markers to monitor the infection process, guide treatment, and assess patient prognosis. …”
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The Role of Sedation and Local Anesthesia in Acute Subdural Hematoma Surgery in the Elderly Popula-tion by Mustafa Cemil Kılınç, Alperen Kısa, Baran Can Alpergin, Emre Bahir Mete

“…Data on surgical duration, hospital and intensive care unit stays, and mortality rates were collected from hospital archives. …”
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Tackling Microbial Resistance and Emerging Pathogens with Next-Generation Antibiotics by Kar Jing Chong, Huang Feng, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Masita Arip, Omotayo Fatokun, Lazuardi Mochamad, Chin Tat Ng, Sasikala Chinnapan, Malarvili Selvaraja

“…Ultimately, the morbidity and mortality rate would rise higher than in the pre-antibiotic era. …”
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Performance of the WHO 2011 TB Symptom Screening Algorithm for Pulmonary TB Diagnosis among HIV-Infected Patients in Gondar University Referral Hospital, Ethiopia by Martha Alemayehu Menberu

“…Therefore, the 2011 WHO TB symptom screening tool for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB is likely to reduce the diagnostic delay and lower TB morbidity and mortality rate particularly in HIV prevalent settings.…”
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Etiology and Outcomes of ARDS in a Rural-Urban Fringe Hospital of South India by Tarun George, Stalin Viswanathan, Ali Hasan Faiz Karnam, Georgi Abraham

“…Nonsurvivors were generally older, had shorter duration of illness, a nontropical infection, and higher total WBC counts, required longer duration of ventilation, and had other organ dysfunction and higher mean APACHE scores. The mortality rate of ARDS was 36.6% (22/61) in our study. …”
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circ_0052184 Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression via Targeting miR-604/HOXA9 Axis by Yandong Huang, Qinyang Bai, Zhanlong Wang, Hongbo Yu, Yanru Li, Hao Lu, Huimin Kang, Xuewei Shi, Kai Feng

“…Background. The mortality rate of colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks second. circRNAs are abnormal expression in some diseases, and their dysregulation is associated with cancer progression. …”
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Ruptured Intracranial Mycotic Aneurysm in Infective Endocarditis: A Natural History by Isabel Kuo, Theodore Long, Nathan Nguyen, Bharat Chaudry, Michael Karp, Nerses Sanossian

“…They account for a small percentage of all intracranial aneurysms and carry a high-mortality rate when ruptured. The authors report a case of a 54-year-old man who presented with infective endocarditis of the mitral valve and acute stroke. …”
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Evaluation of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio in Covid-19 Patients Treated with Tocilizumab Due to Cytokine Storm by Serkan Yavuz, Cengiz Burnik, Mehmet Mermer, Faysal Duksal

“…Compared with group 2, group 1 had more male predominance and they were older (p<0.001). The mortality rate, which was found to be 48.6% in group 1, was approximately twice as high in the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Experiences in the application of a triage system in the health institutions of the province of Cienfuegos, 1998-2016 by Víctor René Navarro Machado, Arelys Falcón Hernández, Omar Bárbaro Rojas Santana, Raúl Nieto Cabrera

“…In the period under review, the demand for medical care doubled (mainly due to the green code), and the mortality rate of the emergency department was reduced.…”
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Changes in the Profile of Antibiotic Prescriptions by Dentists in Brazil during the Pandemic by Fernando de Sá Del Fiol, Isaltino Pereira de Andrade-Jr, Marcus Tolentino da Silva, Silvio Barberato-Filho, Luciane Cruz Lopes, Cristiane de Cassia Bergamaschi

“…The lack of vaccines at the beginning of the pandemic and the high mortality rate led to a search for alternative treatments for COVID-19. …”
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Letalidad hospitalaria por enfermedad cerebrovascular en la provincia de Cienfuegos by Ada Sánchez Lozano, Ada Lozano Leblanc, Joan Rojas Fuentes, Yaineli Cutiño Mass, Ricardo Verdecia Fraga, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares

“…According to the type of cerebrovascular disease, mortality rate of ischemic stroke was 20 %, subarachnoid hemorrhage, 22.4 % and intraparenchymal hemorrhage, 71.2 %. …”
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Bolus-Infusion Delays of Alteplase during Thrombolysis in Acute Ischaemic Stroke and Functional Outcome at 3 Months by Paul Acheampong, Margaret T. May, Gary A. Ford, Anand K. Dixit

“…Three-month outcomes were not significantly different although delays >8 minutes had lower functional independence rate (mRS 0-1: 23.1% versus 28.1%; adjusted OR 1.2 (95% CI 0.6 to 2.4, P=0.68)) and higher mortality rate (18% versus 11%, OR 1.0, 95% CI 0.6 to 1.7, P=0.95). …”
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Successful management of a common carotid artery injury using a Pruitt-F3 Carotid Shunt: a case report by Kang Kook Choi, Jayun Cho, Min A Lee, Soo Min Eun, Yang Bin Jeon

“…In particular, penetrating neck injuries associated with carotid artery injuries have a high mortality rate. Overt external hemorrhage is unanimously considered as an indication for surgical exploration. …”
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Noma (cancrum oris): A scoping literature review of a neglected disease (1843 to 2021). by Elise Farley, Ushma Mehta, M Leila Srour, Annick Lenglet

“…Future research should focus on determining the burden and distribution of disease; the true mortality rate, pathogenic cause(s) and the factors that influence prognosis and outcomes after treatment.…”
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Cardiovascular Characterization of Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Anemia by Nancy González Vales, Ximena Laura Graña, Lucía Díaz Morejón, Tamara Sánchez Estrada, Belkis Rodríguez Jorge, Ifraín Machín Caride

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> sickle cell anemia is a severe chronic hemolytic anemia with a high morbidity and mortality rate. It is well tolerated by the cardiovascular system for a long time, but as years pass, cardiac function is affected.…”
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