Ascending Aorta Diameter Changes after Aortic Valve Replacement in Elderly Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis by Jiamiao Gong, Kang An, Hongyuan Lin, Jianfeng Hou

“…There were 4 patients who died in hospital and 11 late follow-up deaths. Particularly, there was no aortic event that occurred during follow-up. …”
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"If we work as a team, there are success stories." Unpacking team members' perceptions and experiences of what impacts team performance in a maternal and neonatal quality improveme... by Willem Odendaal, Ameena Goga, Mark Tomlinson, Yages Singh, Helen Schneider, Solange Mianda, Shuaib Kauchali, Carol Marshall, Terusha Chetty, Xanthe Hunt

“…Many maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths can be avoided if quality of care is improved. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Commonly Used Pesticides on Honeybees (Apis mellifera) in North Gonder of Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Zewdie Abay, Amssalu Bezabeh, Alemayehu Gela, Asaminew Tassew

“…The results revealed that all the tested pesticides caused significant deaths of the experimental bees (P<0.05) in all the tests when compared to the negative control. …”
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Healthcare Delivery among Yoruba Bonesetters in Southwest Nigeria and the Need for Collaboration with Orthodox Orthopedic Healthcare Services: A Mixed Method Study by Soladoye S. Asa, Matthew O. Ilori, Lawrence A. Akinyoola

“…The paper concludes that integration will go a long way to improving the health of the population, thereby significantly reducing deaths or disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost. …”
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Exploring target selectivity in designing and identifying PI3Kα inhibitors for triple negative breast cancer with fragment-based and bioisosteric replacement approach by Debojyoti Halder, Shreya Mukherjee, R. S. Jeyaprakash

“…Abstract Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most fatal malignancies in the world, accounting for 42% of all deaths due to metastasis. The significant development is hindered by the multi-drug resistance and poor patient compliance. …”
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Comparison of frailty instruments for predicting mortality and prolon ged hospitalization in acute coronary syndrome patients. by Anne Langsted, Jocelyne Benatar, Andrew Kerr, Katherine Bloomfield, Gerry Devlin, Alexander Sasse, David Smythe, Andrew To, Harvey White, Gerrard Wilkins, Ralph Stewart

“…<h4>Results</h4>During median follow-up of 5.1 years there were 353 deaths. Harrell's C-statistic for mortality for EFS was 0.663, Fried 0.648 and CFS 0.640 (p<0.001 for all). …”
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Associations Between Frailty and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Prediabetes: A Population-Based Study by Zhao C, Wang K

“…During a median follow-up time of 90 months, a total of 1983 all-cause (636 CVD-related) deaths occurred. Each 0.01 score increase in the frailty index was associated with a 5% and 6% increased risk of all-cause and CVD-related mortality, respectively. …”
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Selective Capsulotomies and Partial Capsulectomy in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction Revision Surgery by Pietro Susini, Gianluca Marcaccini, Francesco Ruben Giardino, Mirco Pozzi, Francesco Volanti, Giuseppe Nisi, Roberto Cuomo, Luca Grimaldi

“…Breast cancer with about 2.3 million diagnoses and 685,000 deaths globally is the most frequent malignancy in the female population. …”
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An analysis of the global burden of gallbladder and biliary tract cancer attributable to high BMI in 204 countries and territories: 1990–2021 by Zhuowen Hu, Xue Wang, Xin Zhang, Wuping Sun, Jun Mao

“…The disease burden was forecasted through 2035 using the Bayesian age period cohort (BAPC) model.ResultsGlobally, ASMR and ASDR for GBTCs related to high BMI decreased from 1990 to 2021; however, the absolute number of deaths and DALYs cases more than doubled, and similar patterns are projected to continue over the next 14 years in the absence of intervention. …”
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Artificial Intelligence and Postpartum Hemorrhage by Sam J Mathewlynn, Mohammadreza Soltaninejad, Sally L Collins, Yang Pan

“…Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) remains a significant contributor to maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide, with approximately 14 million women affected annually and 70,000 resulting deaths. Despite advances in health care, PPH continues to pose challenges even in developed settings. …”
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The use of Kutikulin for treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal diseases in calves and piglets by M. V. Koryukina, V. N. Makarova, O. B. Badeeva, I. N. Simanova

“…Kutikulin treatment of older calves allowed to reduce the duration of treatment by almost a day, to increase recovery rates by 4.8% and to decrease the number of deaths by 1.6 times.When used for preventive purposes in weaned piglets, Kutikulin helped to decrease morbidity in groups 1, 3 and 5 (test groups) by 2.7, 8.9 and 1.8 times, respectively, as compared with control groups. …”
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Prevalence of Neonatal Sepsis and Associated Factors among Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Selected Governmental Hospitals in Shashemene Town, Oromia Regional State, Et... by Aytenew Getabelew, Mihret Aman, Endashaw Fantaye, Tomas Yeheyis

“…Neonatal sepsis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among neonates in developing countries accounting for 30-50% of total deaths each year. Childhood mortality is often used as broad indicator of the social development or a specific indicator of health conditions of a country. …”
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Meteorological Analysis of Floods in Ghana by S. O. Ansah, M. A. Ahiataku, C. K. Yorke, F. Otu-Larbi, Bashiru Yahaya, P. N. L. Lamptey, M. Tanu

“…We applied the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to investigate and examine the meteorological dynamics, which resulted in the extreme rainfall and floods that caused 14 deaths, 34076 people being displaced with damaged properties, and economic loss estimated at $168,289 for the two cities according to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). …”
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Wastewater-based epidemiology for novel Coronavirus detection in wastewater by G. Saini, P. Deepak

“…Over 128 million people have been infected with it and 2.8 million deaths have already taken place, till 30th March 2021. …”
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Family planning in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs): A scoping review. by Relmah Baritama Harrington, Nichole Harvey, Sarah Larkins, Michelle Redman-MacLaren

“…The use of contraceptives for family planning improves women's lives and may prevent maternal deaths. However, many women in low and middle-income countries, including the Pacific region, still die from pregnancy-related complications. …”
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Burden and mortality of breast cancer attributed to diabetes and smoking in women: a secondary analysis based on Global Burden of Disease 2019 in North Africa and the Middle East by Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi, Leila Rezakhani, Mozafar Khazaei

“…Across the MENA region, the burden and mortality attributed to diabetes vary among countries.Conclusion In the MENA region, the attributable fraction of risk factors such as diabetes, smoking and secondary smoking over BC deaths and DALY has increased in recent years.…”
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FACTORS RELATED TO INCIDENCE OF MALNUTRITION IN UNDER FIVE CHILDREN by Jaa Oktafa Once Okta, Annasari Mustafa, Ika Yudianti

“…Malnutrition is the cause of more than 1/3 of 9.2 million deaths in children under the age of 5 in the world. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 at Case Hospital, Uganda by Mirriam Apiyo, Ronald Olum, Amina Kabuye, Betty Khainza, Anne M. Amate, Vittal Byabashaija, Derrick Nomujuni, Kato Sebbaale, Peter Senfuka, Simon Kazibwe, Gurav Sharma, Lindsay Davidson, Felix Bongomin

“…In this private health facility, mortality was about 1 in 10 patients, and more people presented with critical illness in the second wave of the pandemic, and most deaths occurred after 2 weeks of hospitalization.…”
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A new STI in the city: MPOX in Barcelona. First outbreak (5/2022-5/2023) and subsequent resurgence. by David Palma, Montserrat Guillaumes, Carles Pericas, Anna de Andrés, Raquel Prieto, Laia Álvarez-Bruned, Jesús Ospina, Paula Santiá, Patricia García de Olalla, Cristina Rius

“…Complications occurred in 4.1% of infected persons, 1.6% required hospitalization, and no deaths were registered. Georeferencing was highly associated with gay venues. …”
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Evaluation of reporting trends in the MAUDE Database: 1991 to 2022 by Meital Mishali, Nadav Sheffer, Oren Mishali, Maya Negev

“…Distributors’ reports surged post-2018, while voluntary reports steadily increased since 1997, spiking notably in 2015 with the Electronic Medical Device Reporting (eMDR) submission update. Reporting times for deaths averaged 80 days for manufacturers, far exceeding regulatory requirements, compared to 40 days for distributors and 46 days for user facilities. …”
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