Addressing inequities in neurological mortality: trends and disparities in anoxic brain injury deaths, 1999-2023.

Purpose: Despite the slowly declining prevalence of anoxic brain injury (ABI) due to newer drugs and guidelines, there still exists inequity in timely receipt of treatment. This study aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation of ABI mortality trends and sociodemographic disparities in the United States from 1999 to 2023.

Methods: Mortality data were obtained from the CDC-WONDER Database.

Intimate partner and family violence and mental health during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a multi-country survey.

Background: During COVID-19, concerns were raised about a 'shadow pandemic' of violence against women and girls. However, UN guidance discouraged direct enquiry about intimate partner and family violence (IPFV), instead advocating proxy questions on subjects like relationship difficulties and perceived safety. We investigated the relationship between partner difficulties and family difficulties and common mental disorder (CMDs) during COVID-19 in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.

Malakoplakia in kidney transplant recipients: Three case reports.

Background: Malakoplakia is a rare chronic granulomatous disease associated with gram-negative infection, predominantly by It is induced by defective phagolysosomal activity of the macrophages. Malakoplakia commonly affects the urinary bladder but has been shown to affect any solid organ, including the native and transplanted kidney. However, isolated malakoplakia of the kidney allograft is rare.

Guillain-Barre syndrome following COVID-19 vaccination: a study of 70 case reports.

Background And Objective: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) has been found to have some interesting association with vaccinations. This paper mainly focuses on exploring different associations between COVID-19 vaccination and GBS.

Methods: Electronic databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane, and Embase were searched using MESH terms for case reports published till 1 August 2023 from which 70 case reports were documented involving 103 individuals from 23 different countries.

Traumatic Bilateral Femoral Fracture And Concurrent Vascular Injury In A 2-Year-Old Child - A Rare Case Report.

Fractures are an ordinary consequence of trauma. Paediatric fractures are rather uncommon because the bony framework is still in its growth phase and therefore compliant to such traumas. The incidence of vascular injuries is also low lying (<1%) in this age group.

Early post-transplant cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis in a kidney recipient: Case report and review of the literature.

Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is an uncommon systemic disease caused by Bartonella henselae (BH) or Bartonella quintana (BQ) that occurs primarily in immunocompromised hosts. Few cases of BA recipients have been reported in adult solid transplant recipients over the years, with most cases presenting years after transplant. We describe a case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed cutaneous BA very early in the post-transplant period despite not having any exposures.

Maternal nutrition: how is Eastern and Southern Africa faring and what needs to be done?

Background: The progress in key maternal health indicators in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) over the past two decades has been slow.

Objective: This paper analyzed available information on nutrition programs and nutrition-specific interventions targeting maternal nutrition in the ESAR and proposes steps to improve maternal nutrition in this region.

Methods: Search was conducted in relevant databases.