AIMS To study the epidemiological, clinical, and pathological characteristics of sudden unexpected non-violent deaths between 1 and 19 years. METHODS Population based observational study of all sudden unexpected non-violent deaths between 1 and 19 years, from 1990 to 1997, in a north Spain county (Bizkaia). In each case, clinical information and circumstances of death were obtained and a comp...

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the community has remained very high first 10 days third national lockdown England, with no evidence decline, results from React-1 study have shown.1 The latest round testing included swab tests 143 000 people between 6 and 15 January 2021. Researchers Imperial College London Ipsos MORI found infections increased by 50% early December 1 63 infected. This is highest ...

BackgroundHuman metapneumovirus is a common virus associated with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) in children. No global burden estimates are available for ALRIs human children, and no licensed vaccines or drugs exist infections. We aimed to estimate the age-stratified metapneumovirus-associated ALRI incidence, hospital admissions, mortality children younger than 5 years.MethodsWe es...

Injury, a major cause of morbidity and mortality for children worldwide, is concentrated in lowto middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite the growing rate of childhood injury in LMICs, effective prevention and control remain inadequate owing to the lack of comprehensive epidemiological information on the external causes and magnitude of this problem. This populationbased study examined whether...

© 2011. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the top public health problems in South Africa. Approximately 150 000 new cases and 10 000 TB-related deaths are reported in South Africa annually. In declaring TB a global emergency in 1993, the World Health Organization deve...

BACKGROUND Electric power morcellation during laparoscopic hysterectomy allows some women to undergo minimally invasive surgery but may disrupt underlying occult malignancies and increase the risk of tumor dissemination. METHODS We developed a state transition Markov cohort simulation model of the risks and benefits of hysterectomy (abdominal, laparoscopic, and laparoscopic with electric powe...

60 years ago, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was identified in children admitted to hospital in Baltimore, MD, USA, with bronchiolitis or pneumonia. Since that time, RSV has been established as a leading cause of acute lower respiratory illness (ALRI) in infants and children living in all regions of the world. As the widespread use of Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal conjugate ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiovascular disorder present in as many as 9% of subjects aged ≥65 years and costing the United States >26 billion dollars a year. It causes significant morbidity and mortality with 750 000 hospitalizations each year and contributing to an estimated 130 000 deaths each year. Risk factors for AF such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery di...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that .2 million people in the United States become ill every year due to antibiotic-resistant infections, and at least 23 000 die as a result. In India, newborn infants develop bacterial infections that are resistant to most known antibiotics; such infections led to the deaths of 58 000 infants in 2013. These problems seem distant to your...

To the Editor: The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in South Africa was 400/100 000 births in 20051 and at Johannesburg Hospital was 476/100 000 in 2008. Delay in referral and management during labour in the unit is an important cause of mortality and morbidity.2 Inadequate use of the partogram is a major avoidable factor in maternal deaths in South Africa and has previously been studied at Johann...