Savable but Lost Lives when ICU Is Overloaded: a Model from 733 Patients in Epicenter Wuhan, China

Eyelid Reconstruction: Everything Is Not Lost When All Is Lost.

Eyelid injuries are a common emergency room challenge in patients presenting with history of road traffic accidents. Overzealous debridement can result in tissue loss in which primary repair becomes impossible along with loss of critical landmarks especially in tissue as fragile as the eyelids. We present a 45-year-old male with avulsion injury of the right lower eyelid compounded by debridemen...

Diurnal Temperature Range in Relation to Daily Mortality and Years of Life Lost in Wuhan, China

Diurnal temperature range (DTR) is an important meteorological indicator associated with global climate change, and has been linked with mortality and morbidity in previous studies. To date, however, little evidence has been available regarding the association of DTR with years of life lost (YLL). This study aimed to evaluate the DTR-related burden on both YLL and mortality. We collected indivi...

Medical Malpractice in Wuhan, China

Medical disputes in China are historically poorly documented. In particular, autopsy-based evaluation and its impact on medical malpractice claims remain largely unstudied. This study aims to document autopsy findings and medical malpractice in one of the largest cities of China, Wuhan, located in Hubei Province. A total of 519 autopsies were performed by the Department of Forensic Medicine, Wu...

When the ICU is not the answer.

Knowledge-based urban development in Wuhan, China

Knowledge-Based Urban Development (KBUD) has now become a fashionable term both in terms of urban policy making and academic study. This is the case not only in post-industrial cities in developed countries, but also in cities which are still in the process of industrialisation in developing countries. In responding to this, urban development policies have been redirected in recent years to enh...