Hyponatremia and Congestive Heart Failure: A Marker of Increased Mortality and a Target for Therapy by Adam Romanovsky, Sean Bagshaw, Mitchell H. Rosner

“…It is characterized by neurohormonal activation of multiple systems that can lead to clinical deterioration and significant morbidity and mortality. In this regard, hyponatremia is due to inappropriate and continued vasopressin activity despite hypoosmolality and volume overload. …”
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Role of Investigating Thrombophilic Disorders in Young Stroke by Kay W. P. Ng, Pei K. Loh, Vijay K. Sharma

“…Better understanding, optimal diagnostic and screening protocols are expected to improve the diagnostic yield and help to reduce morbidity, disability, and mortality in relatively younger patients harbouring these inherited and acquired thrombophilic disorders.…”
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Repeated CMV Infection in a Heart Transplantation Patient by Josep Melero-Ferrer, Ignacio J. Sanchez-Lazaro, Amparo Navea-Tejerina, Luis Almenar-Bonet, Marino Blanes-Julia, Luis Martinez-Dolz, Antonio Salvador-Sanz

“…Infections are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in heart transplantation (HTx). …”
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Pedicled Cervical Lymphoadipose Tissue for Volume Reconstruction after Superficial Parotidectomy by Kyle P. Davis, Amy L. Fraser, Elizabeth O. Shay, Michael W. Sim

“…Local pedicled flaps have the advantage of a single surgical site, which spares the patient the added morbidity of a separate fat graft donor site, while simultaneously reducing the operative time. …”
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Dynamic Echocardiographic Imaging of a Valve-in-Valve Mitral Prosthesis by Bishoy Wassef, Mina Masry, Mounir Ghali, John N. Makaryus, Amgad N. Makaryus

“…Most bioprosthetic heart valves degenerate over a given time and hence require repeat valve replacement which carries a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. Reoperation is the standard of care and may still be required after the first successful surgery due to complications disrupting either mechanical or bioprosthetic valves. …”
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Diagnosing Perioperative Cardiovascular Risks in Noncardiac Surgery Patients by Panpan Li, Ying Lei, Qiaomei Li, Thangavel Lakshmipriya, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Xinwen Gong

“…These noncardiac surgery patients may face the risk of cardiac mortality and morbidity during the perioperative and recovery periods. …”
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A standardized definition for right ventricular failure in cardiac surgery patients by Habib Jabagi, Alex Nantsios, Marc Ruel, Lisa M. Mielniczuk, André Y. Denault, Louise Y. Sun

“…Abstract Right ventricular failure (RVF) is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity after cardiac surgery. Despite its prognostic importance, RVF remains under investigated and without a universally accepted definition in the perioperative setting. …”
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Varying Presentations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Temporarily Associated with COVID-19 by Jasmina Krikilion, Lisa Nuyttens, Siel Daelemans, Karlien François, Reiner Mauel, Daniel De Wolf, Gerlant van Berlaer

“…A novel coronavirus identified in 2019 leads to a pandemic of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with important morbidity and mortality. Initially, children seemed minimally affected, but there were reports of cases similar to (atypical) Kawasaki disease or toxic shock syndrome, and evidence emerges about a complication named paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporarily associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). …”
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Advances in the Management of Meconium Aspiration Syndrome by Kamala Swarnam, Amuchou S. Soraisham, Sindhu Sivanandan

“…Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is a common cause of severe respiratory distress in term infants, with an associated highly variable morbidity and mortality. MAS results from aspiration of meconium during intrauterine gasping or during the first few breaths. …”
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Exploring the Interplay of Smoking Behavior, Heart Rate Variability, Pulmonary Function Test Results, Diabetes, and Mood Disorders: A Systematic Review by Bipin Kumar, Tanuj Mathur, Yoshita R. Annepu, Krishna K. Annepu, Perugu D. K. Chaitanya

“…HRV emerged as a potential early indicator of cardiac morbidity in smokers, with immediate disruptions noted following acute smoking episodes. …”
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Research progress on factors influencing suboptimal immune reconstitution in HIV infection: a systematic literature review by Wei CHEN, Qiuyi YANG, Xiaoliang ZENG

“…With the widespread use of ART, the HIV virus is suppressed, the body′s immune function gradually recovers, and the morbidity and mortality of HIV-related diseases are significantly reduced. …”
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Human Herpesviridae Methods of Natural Killer Cell Evasion by Carl I. Odom, David C. Gaston, James M. Markert, Kevin A. Cassady

“…Human herpesviruses cause diseases of considerable morbidity and mortality, ranging from encephalitis to hematologic malignancies. …”
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Causal ACTH-Depot Therapy during Pregnancies following Infertility Treatment by Rudolf Klimek, Marek Klimek, Peter Gralek, Dariusz Jasiczek

“…Contrary to antenatal use of synthetic corticosteroids, there are no temporal limits of this therapy, which has to be more often recommended into clinical prevention of fetal morbidity, treatment of premature delivery, and finally elimination of the newborn's mortality caused by the neuroendocrinological gestoses.…”
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Emergency Pneumonectomy: A Life-Saving Measure for Severe Recurrent Hemoptysis in Tuberculosis Cavitary Lesion by Ravisagar Patel, Abhinav Singh, Rajendra Mohan Mathur, Anula Sisodiya

“…Surgical resection of the lung, mainly lobectomy, remains a life-saving procedure but it should be performed very selectively to avoid higher postoperative morbidity and mortality.…”
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An Innovative Technique of Reconstructing Combined Extensor Tendon Zone (z5 and z4) Defect, Utilizing an Adjacent Proximal (z6) Tendon, as a Distally Based Tendon Flip Flap, in the... by Narendra S. Mashalkar, Pooja Thoppal Shiva, Joseph Kattady

“…Borrowing auto-tendon grafts will have donor site morbidity. The use of available local tendon as flap may be considered, the tendon harvesting being done from a part of the native tendon from either proximal or distal location. …”
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Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Waleed Hafiz, Ahmedhusam Alahmed, Mohammed Alahmadi, Rakan Alotaibi, Abdullah Alsharif, Safwan Alim, Mohammed Mokhtar, Kholoud Al-Maabdi, Omaima Badr

“…If left untreated, it leads to increased morbidity, mortality, and socioeconomic burdens. In this case, we report a 19-year-old young man who presented with clinical and radiographic features of PAM associated with RA.…”
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Hemorrhagic Transformation in Stroke by Dianarelys Villafuerte Delgado, Odalys Yanes Isray, Félix González Pérez

“…Cerebro-vascular disease is associated to a high morbidity and mortality, among its complications hemorrhagic transformation occurs in a 6 % of the cases with a high mortality. …”
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Future Directions and Molecular Basis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia by Kubra Aykac, Yasemin Ozsurekci, Sevgen Tanir Basaranoglu

“…Mechanical ventilation is a lifesaving treatment and has complications such as ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) that lead to high morbidity and mortality. Moreover VAP is the second most common hospital-acquired infection in pediatric intensive care units. …”
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PL-7 Antisynthetase Syndrome in Association with Sjögren’s, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Rheumatoid Arthritis by Mehrin Jawaid, Yael Ross, Mohammad Kamran

“…This case demonstrates the ambiguity with which symptoms of ASS can present; given the high respiratory morbidity and mortality of ASS especially in non-Jo-1 patients, those who present with Raynaud’s, myositis, or joint pain, whether together or in isolation, should be assessed for presence of additional features of ASS and potentially undergo testing for ASS antibodies if appropriate.…”
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Atresia tricúspide diagnosticada em fase pré-escolar: relato de caso by Rebeca Holanda Nunes, Sônia Maria Cavalcante da Rocha, Nabel Anderson de Lencaster Saldanha da Cunha, Genivalda de Medeiros Barros, Mylene Arrais dos Santos, Amanda Carneiro Donato, Henrique Lobo Saraiva Barros, Viviane Portela Queiroz, Aluisio Kennedy de Sousa Filho

“…CONCLUSION: The failure of primary care can delay therapy, prolonging symptoms and increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population, with risks that have not yet been measured.…”
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