Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: Impact on Public Health, Current Insights, and Future Perspectives.

Background: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare complication of the measles infection. SSPE is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that causes encephalitis, leading to the demyelination of neurons in the brain. It affects the brain in 9 months or less and hence subacute, causing encephalitis and lesions in the entire brain, so the term panencephalitis is used.

Impact of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Cardiology.

Literature shows evidence of racial and gender biases in many sub-specialties of medicine including cardiology. Racial, ethnic, and gender disparities exist along the path to cardiology residency, beginning as early as medical school admissions. Approximately 65.

COVID-19 and myasthenia gravis: A review of neurological implications of the SARS-COV-2.

Introduction: This review highlights the potential mechanisms of neuromuscular manifestation of COVID-19, especially myasthenia gravis (MG).

Methods: An extensive literature search was conducted by two independent investigators using PubMed/MEDLINE and Google Scholar from its inception to December 2020.

Results: Exacerbations of clinical symptoms in patients of MG who were treated with some commonly used COVID-19 drugs has been reported, with updated recommendations of management of symptoms of neuromuscular disorders.

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of cancer patients and their hospital course during the COVID-19 pandemic in a developing country.

In the new Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, cancer patients are considered a particularly susceptible population. We compared the type and magnitude of COVID-19 clinical manifestations among cancer patients in our center to non-cancer COVID-19 affected patients including 99 patients (28 cancer patients and 71 non-cancer patients). Hepatocellular carcinoma, breast carcinoma, and leukemia were the most common cancers.

Evaluation of Vitamin-D Status and Its Association with Clinical Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients in Pakistan.

The risk of acute respiratory tract infections is particularly pronounced in patients deficient in 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). With respect to COVID-19, there are conflicting evidence on the association of 25(OH)D levels with disease severity. We undertook this study to evaluate the 25(OH)D status in COVID-19 patients admitted in Karachi, Pakistan, and associated vitamin D deficiency with primary outcomes of mortality, length of stay, intubation, and frequency of COVID-19 symptoms.

Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac surgical services: A scoping review.

Cardiac surgery was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reallocation of resources, conversion of surgical intensive care units and wards to COVID-19 facilities, increased risk of nosocomial transmission to cardiac surgery patients, lead to reduced accessibility, quality, and affordability of health care facilities to cardiac surgery patients. Increasing the mortality and morbidity rate among such patients.

Mean Changes in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Having Renal Stone Disease.

Background Urinary stone disease is associated with renal impairment because of obstruction and infection. Comorbidities include hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and impaired renal function. Furthermore, as recurrences are common in urolithiasis, such patients undergo many treatments throughout their life.

The Outcomes of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for High-Density Renal Stone on Non-Contrast Computed Tomography.

Introduction Urinary lithiasis is usually managed by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Patients are examined using non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT) in order to evaluate the feasibility of ESWL, according to where the stone is located and how big is its size. The objective of this study is to determine the outcomes of ESWL in patients having high-density renal stone, evaluated using NCCT.

The Pattern of Dyslipidemia in Chronic Liver Disease Patients.

Introduction Patients with chronic liver disease are expected to report derangements in serum lipid profiles. Lipid profile monitoring is not a part of the routine management of these patients in our hospital. Few recent studies show how lipid profile varies with the severity of disease and should be considered in the management planning of such patients.