Abstract Introduction: There is a scarcity of literature about the burden of hemodialysis patientschr('39') caregivers. Caregivers often receive little attention, and the primary focus is always on the patients. Frequent hospitalizations and factors associated with the disease can lead to depression and reduce the caregiverchr('39')s quality of life. Objective: The present study aimed to dete...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background The growing prevalence metabolic diseases is a major concern. We sought to examine the global trends and mortality using estimates from Global Burden Diseases, Injuries Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019. Methods prevalence, deaths, disability-adjusted life year (DALYs) 2000-2019 were examined for (type 2 diabetes mellitus [...

invasive meningococcal disease (imd) is a severe bacterial infectious disease with high mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. in recent years, industrialised countries have implemented vaccines targeting imd in their national immunisation programmes (nips). in 2002, the netherlands successfully implemented a single dose of meningococcal serogroup c conjugate vaccine at the age of 14 months a...