Unexpected placenta accreta spectrum in an unscarred uterus causing catastrophic post-partum hemorrhage: a case report and review of the literature by Priyanka Garg, Shweta Semwal, Romi Bansal

“…Abstract Background Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorder is a fatal condition responsible for obstetric haemorrhage, which contributes to increased feto-maternal morbidity and mortality. The main contributing factor is a scarred uterus, often from a previous cesarean delivery, myomectomy, or uterine instrumentation. …”
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A Rare Case of Wolfram Syndrome Presenting With Tuberculous Meningitis: A Case Report by Nabiha Khan, Muhammad Usama Ashraf, Sadia Khan, Allahdad Khan, Humna Shahzad, Mudasira Habib, Aseel Kamal

“…When concurrently presenting with another condition, such as tuberculous meningitis, the widespread range of resulting symptoms delays the establishment of diagnosis and treatment, which results in increased patient morbidity.…”
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Aortoenteric Fistula after Endovascular Aneurysm Repair by Thilina Gunawardena, Balasubramanium Saseekaran, Sachith Abeywickrama, Rezni Cassim, Mandika Wijeyaratne

“…However, there is a significant morbidity and mortality associated with this complication. …”
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SUBSTANTIATION AND METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE FORMATION IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE by M. M. Potiazhenko, G. V. Nevoitt

“…Its quintessence consists in actualization of the healthy lifestyle issue in each country in order to reduce morbidity and mortality.…”
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A Novel Approach for Conservative Management of Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder Cases: Experience of a Single Surgeon by Ahmet Yalınkaya, Süleyman Cemil Oğlak

“…This technique preserves the uterus as well as reduces blood loss, and transfusion requirement, and thus maternal morbidity and mortality in PAS cases.…”
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A Meta-Analysis of Nutritional Supplementation for Management of Hospitalized Alcoholic Hepatitis by Ramy Antar, Phil Wong, Peter Ghali

“…BACKGROUND: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is associated with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Malnutrition accompanies this condition and may be both a consequence of and contributor to the pathology. …”
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Chiari I malformation with neurogenic hypertension underwent suboccipital decompression: A case report by Steven Okta Chandra, I Putu Pramana Suarjaya, Ida Bagus Krisna Jaya Sutawan, Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Tjokorda Gde Bagus Mahadewa

“…Hypertension in the intraoperative period can cause morbidity and mortality. This condition requires immediate treatment once it is noticed. …”
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Determinants and Outcomes of Emergency Caesarean Section following Failed Instrumental Delivery: 5-Year Observational Review at a Tertiary Referral Centre in London by Sian McDonnell, Edwin Chandraharan

“…To review the determinants for a failed operative vaginal delivery and to examine associated fetal and maternal morbidity. Design. Retrospective observational study. …”
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Safety of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in a Low-Volume Setting: Review of Early and Late Outcome by Robert C. Gandy, Christophe R. Berney

“…There was no elective mortality and the overall 30-day postoperative morbidity was 9.3%. Conversion and anastomotic leakage rates were both 1.3%, respectively. …”
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Estimating the Burden of Cost in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: A Human Capital Approach by Chris A. Jones, Luca P. Fernandez, Peter Weimersheimer, Neil A. Zakai, Michael Sharf, Oscar A. Mesa, Christian Peters, Antonio di Carlo, Mitchell C. Norotsky

“…With advances in organ matching and preventing acute graft-versus-host-disease (aGvHD), chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has become a focus of transplant-related morbidity and mortality. Given that cGvHD often presents years following a transplant, our objective was to estimate its burden of cost resulting from allogeneic HSCT based on published estimates of incidence, morbidity, the value of lost work time and survivorship. …”
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Short-Acting Beta-Agonist Research: A Perspective by Malcolm R Sears

“…This was supported by dramatic decreases in both morbidity and mortality when fenoterol was effectively withdrawn from use in New Zealand. …”
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Is Overweight a Risk Factor for Adverse Events during Removal of Impacted Lower Third Molars? by Ricardo Wathson Feitosa de Carvalho, Belmiro Cavalcanti do Egito Vasconcelos

“…Being overweight is recognised as a significant risk factor for several morbidities; however, the experience of the dentistry faculties focusing on this population is still low. …”
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Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Melphalan: A Summary of Clinical and Pharmacological Data in 34 Patients by Lana Bijelic, Paul H. Sugarbaker, O. Anthony Stuart

“…Melphalan is an acceptable agent for use in HIPEC. The morbidity of intraperitoneal melphalan at the dose of 60–70 mg/m2 appears acceptable. …”
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Perioperative Risk: Short Review of Current Approach in Non Cardiac Surgery by Andreea Boghean, Cristian Guțu, Dorel Firescu

“…Cardiovascular risk scores are necessary tools to prevent perioperative cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and the most frequently used are Lee/RCRI (Revised Cardiac Risk Index), APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation), POSSUM (Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity), The American University of Beirut (AUB)-HAS2. …”
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Opportunity for early de-escalation of antibiotics in Enterobacterales bacteremia with multiplex PCR rapid diagnostic technology by Erin Deja, Adam Greenfield, Sangeeta Sastry, Barry Rittmann

“…Gram-negative bacteremia and antimicrobial resistance cause significant morbidity and mortality. Strategies are needed to optimize rapid and effective antimicrobial therapy with early de-escalation. …”
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Canadian Home Total Parenteral Nutrition Registry: Preliminary Data on the Patient Population by Maitreyi Raman, Leah Gramlich, Scott Whittaker, Johane P Allard

“…However, HTPN is associated with numerous complications, all of which increase morbidity and mortality. In Canada, a comprehensive review of the HTPN population has never been performed.…”
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Incidental traumatic right diaphragmatic rupture: a missed case after trauma by Fatima Alharmoodi, Shadin Ghabra, Salem Alharthi

“…Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is among the most uncommon conditions after severe trauma, and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The diagnosis is difficult and might be missed, but a multimodal investigation might help in terms of diagnostic yield. …”
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Relevance of Germline Mutation Screening in Both Familial and Sporadic Head and Neck Paraganglioma for Early Diagnosis and Clinical Management by Mario A. Hermsen, María A. Sevilla, José Luis Llorente, Marjan M. Weiss, Anneliese Grimbergen, Eva Allonca, Cristina Garcia-Inclán, Milagros Balbín, Carlos Suárez

“…Background: Head and neck paraganglioma (PGL) are benign tumors that can cause important direct or surgery induced morbidity. Almost all familial and 11–29% of sporadic PGL are caused by inactivating germline mutations in succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) genes. …”
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Understanding the Difficulties in Diagnosing Neonatal Sepsis: Assessing the Role of Sepsis Biomarkers by Lungu Nicoleta, Jura Ana-Maria-Cristina, Popescu Daniela-Eugenia, Horhat Florin George, Manea Aniko Maria, Boia Marioara

“…Neonatal sepsis is a serious condition with high rates of morbidity and mortality, caused by the rapid growth of microorganisms that trigger a systemic reaction. …”
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Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Complication of Spinal Epidural Abscess by Armando Bedoya, Bethany Gentilesco

“…Although epidural injections are considered a minor procedure with low morbidity, catastrophic complications may occur. We describe a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis secondary to an epidural abscess after epidural injection to alert clinicians to this unusual association.…”
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