Acute Poisoning Cases Presented to the Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency, and Trauma Hospital Emergency Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Biruktawit Zemedie, Menbeu Sultan, Ayalew Zewdie

“…This study aimed to assess acute poisonings at Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency, and Trauma (AaBET) Hospital. Methodology. …”
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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection of the Breast during COVID-19 Pandemic by Nadia Kamagate, Robert DeVito

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Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Breast during Pregnancy: A Case Report by John Adi Ashindoitiang, Francis Adedayo Faduyile, Olufemi Joshua Taiwo

“…Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast (SCCB) is a very rare malignancy of the breast and is generally aggressive. It is even rarer during the gestational period. Only few cases have been reported during pregnancy and lactation (Rokutanda et al., 2000). …”
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Malignant Hyperthermia during Thoracoscopic Pulmorrhaphy in a 70-Year-Old Man by Michihiro Sakai, Noriko Murakami, Yuji Kitamura, Shin Sato, Hiroshi Iwama, Akira Nomura

“…Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare but potentially fatal complication that may develop under general anesthesia (GA) and is rarely reported in elderly patients. …”
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Risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality during yellow fever outbreak in Brazil by Max McClure, Izabela Maurício de Rezende, Leonardo Soares Pereira, Maria Rita Teixeira Dutra, Jordana Rodrigues Barbosa Fradico, Rodrigo Macedo, Marcelle Cardoso Marçal, Lívia Soares Coelho Fonte Boa, Alexandre Maurício Castro Bragato, Flávio Augusto de Almeida Faria, Livia Pamplona, Rodrigo Fabiano do Carmo Said, Carlos Eduardo Calzavara-Silva, Dario Brock Ramalho, Cintia Lopes de Brito Magalhães, Pedro Augusto Alves, Thaysa Drummond Palmeira Gama, Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Thomas P. Monath, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal-Xavier, Andrea Teixeira-Carvalho, Betânia Paiva Drumond, A. Desiree LaBeaud, Yellow Fever Collaborative Group, Argus Leão Araújo, Barbara Lenoir, Bruno Dala Vedova Gomes Beato, Carolina Lins Rodrigues Vieira, Daniel Vitor de Vasconcelos Santos, Flavia Mansur Starling, Gabriela Miana de Mattos Paixão, Indiara Penido, Izabela Aparecida Coelho, Leandro Henrique Malta Cunha, Letícia Menezes, Livia Frota Rabelo, Letícia Lemos Jardim, Lívia Fulgêncio da Cunha Melo, Lívia Zignago Moreira dos Santos, Ludmila de Paula, Luísa Lages de Abre Paladino, Natalia Soares Albuquerque, Simone Lopes Oliveira Lemos, Tayrine Araújo

“…Age was significantly higher in fatal (median 49.5, IQR 41.0, 61.0]) than in non-fatal cases [46 (36, 55)] (p < 0.01). …”
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The Problem of Malaria and Its Eradication System in Tanjungpinang During The Dutch Colonial Era by Zulfa Saumia, Erniwati Erniwati, Yelda Syafrina

“…This article explains how the malaria outbreak became an important issue during the colonial period in the Tanjung Pinang area, one of the areas where the endemic spread and was quite worrying due to the large number of fatalities. …”
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Reliability Analysis of Horizontal Curves Using Geometric Design Consistency Assessment Criterion by Hossein Saedi, Ali Abdi Kordani, Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian

“…Road accidents have always been one of the important reasons for fatalities and financial losses. Since road accidents on rural highways cause more serious injuries than those on urban highways, providing a suitable method to increase safety in the curves can be a significant contributor to preventing these damages. …”
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Are women leaders significantly better at controlling the contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic? by Maxwell SALVATORE, Bhramar MUKHERJEE

“…The aim of this paper is to examine an ensemble of public he- alth metrics to assess the control of COVID-19 epidemic in women- versus men-led countries worldwide based on data available up to June 3. Methods: We restrict our analysis to 159 countries with at least 100 cumulative reported cases of CO- VID-19 infections and at least 10 days of reported data as of June 3, 2020. …”
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Elective Cesarean Section during Preterm Prevents Pulmonary Hypoplasia Development in Potter Sequence by Yuya Kinoshita, Rieko Sakamoto, Yusuke Hattori, Keishiro Furuie, Shohei Kuraoka, Yuko Hidaka, Hiroshi Tamura, Hiroshi Mitsubuchi, Kimitoshi Nakamura

“…Potter syndrome, first reported in 1946 by Edith Potter, refers to fatal cases of bilateral renal aplasia with pulmonary hypoplasia, peculiar facial features, and limb deformities. …”
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Prediction of COVID-19 Confirmed, Death, and Cured Cases in India Using Random Forest Model by Vishan Kumar Gupta, Avdhesh Gupta, Dinesh Kumar, Anjali Sardana

“…Our dataset contains multiple classes so we are performing multi-class classification. …”
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Suspected Intramural Spread of Dye during Transaortic Celiac Plexus Rhizolysis in Patient of Intra-abdominal Malignancy by Anurag Agarwal, Shivani Rastogi, Brihaspati Tiwari, Aayushi Bagga

“…Although celiac plexus rhizolysis is an effective and relatively safer technique, fatal complications such as aortic pseudoaneurysm or dissection are possible. …”
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Simulation and Modelling of Safety of Roadways in Reverse Horizontal Curves (RHCs): With Focus on Lateral Friction Coefficient by Maziyar Khanjari, Ali Abdi Kordani, Saeed Monajjem

“…Reverse Horizontal Curves (RHCs) are among the most accident-prone road points, with many annual fatalities and injuries. …”
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Did Turkey Experience Reductions in Air Pollution During The Covid-19 Lockdown and Partial Lockdown? by İsmet Yener, Kazım Onur Demirarslan

“…Air pollution, one of humanity's essential environmental problems due to the increasing population and urbanization, negatively affects the ecosystem and public health. During reduced human activity, such as martial law, war, and pandemics like COVID-19, improvements in air quality may be observed due to diminished anthropogenic impact. …”
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Use of Drugs Associated with QT Interval Prolongation at the Hospital Level during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia by Andrés Gaviria-Mendoza, Manuel Enrique Machado-Duque, Luis Fernando Valladales-Restrepo, Carlos Fernando Tovar-Yepes, Jorge Enrique Machado-Alba

“…The high proportion of patients treated at the hospital level who receive drugs with risk of prolonging the QT interval should alert those responsible for their care to avoid fatal outcomes, especially during the COVID-19 epidemic, when some QT drugs are being used more frequently.…”
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Introducing an integrated approach for fire safety assessment in healthcare facilities by interval valued neutrosophic-AHP and Fuzzy Inference System by Samaneh Salari, Ali Karimi

“…Therefore, poor fire safety precautions lead to more fatalities and financial losses. …”
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“You Sleep, You Die”: A Rare Clinical Case of Ondine’s Curse after Posterior Fossa Surgery by Mitesh Karn, Basant Kumar Mahato, Ranjan Sah, Dipendra Kandel, Shabal Sapkota

“…Ondine’s curse is a rare condition in which breathing is preserved while awake, but there is absence of autonomic control of ventilation. …”
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Successful Repair and Management of Severe Scalp Avulsion Incurred during Birth in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant by Shoko Takahashi, Yu Kanai, Yayoi Miyazono, Daisuke Hitaka, Yuki Fujita, Yoichiro Shibuya, Hidetoshi Takada

“…Minor head trauma, such as scalp abrasion, is relatively common during vaginal delivery, whereas fatal head trauma is rare. …”
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Cigarette Smoking Patterns Among Racial and Ethnic Groups With Chronic Lung Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Vijaya L. Seegulam, MPH, Caretia J. Washington, BS, Parvathy P. Surendran, BPT, Alyssa M. Falise, PhD, MSPH, Diana Gomez-Manjarres, MD, Catalina Lopez-Quintero, MD, MPH, PhD

“…Hispanic individuals had the lowest prepandemic rates of current cigarette smoking (10.5%); however, it was the only racial/ethnic group showing a significant change during the pandemic, with rates increasing to 14.9% during the pandemic. …”
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SOMATIC AND PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY OF ELDERLY DRIVERS KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN FINLAND DURING 22-YEAR FOLLOW-UP by JENNY TYNI, PIRKKO RIIPINEN, HELINÄ HAKKO, NIINA SIHVOLA, LIISA KANTOJÄRVI

“…Differences between age groups of elderly drivers, concerning morbidity and other variables studied, were emphasized. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the need for further attention on variation between different age groups of elderly drivers when evaluating fitness to drive.…”
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Screening key genes for intracranial aneurysm rupture using LASSO regression and the SVM-RFE algorithm by Qi Wu, Chunli Yang, Cuilan Huang, Zhiying Lin

“…BackgroundAlthough an intracranial aneurysm (IA) is widespread and fatal, few drugs can be used to prevent its rupture. …”
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