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To assess cardiac safety in COVID-19 patients treated with the combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin using arrhythmia risk management plan.

We retrospectively examined arrhythmia safety of treatment with Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin in the setting of pre-defined arrhythmia risk management plan. The data was analyzed using R statistical package version 4.0.0. A two-tailed p-value<0.05 was considered significant. 81 patients were included from March 23rd to May 10th 2020. The median age was 59years, 58.0% were female. The majority of the study population (82.7%) had comorbidities, 98.8% had radiological signs of pneumonia. selleck kinase inhibitor Fourteen patients (17.3%) experienced QTc≥480ms and 16 patients (19.8%) had an increase of QTc≥60ms. Seven patients (8.6%) had QTc prolongation of≥500ms. The treatment was discontinued in 4 patients (4.9%). None of the patients developed ventricular tachycardia. The risk factors significantly associated with QTc≥500ms were hypokalemia (p=0.032) and use of diuretics during the treatment (p=0.020). Three patients (3.7%) died, the cause of death was bacterial superinfection with septic shock in two patients, and disseminated intravascular coagulation with multiple organ failure in one patient. None of these deaths were associated with cardiac arrhythmias.

We recorded a low incidence of QTc prolongation≥500ms and no ventricular tachycardia events in COVID-19 patients treated with Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin using cardiac arrhythmia risk management plan.

We recorded a low incidence of QTc prolongation ≥ 500 ms and no ventricular tachycardia events in COVID-19 patients treated with Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin using cardiac arrhythmia risk management plan.Prior studies have identified smoking as a key driver of socioeconomic disparities in U.S. mortality, but the growing drug epidemic leads us to question whether drug abuse is exacerbating those disparities, particularly for mortality from external causes. We use data from a national survey of midlife Americans to evaluate socioeconomic disparities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality over an 18-year period (1995-2013). Then, we use marginal structural modeling to quantify the indirect effects of smoking and alcohol/drug abuse in mediating those disparities. Our results demonstrate that alcohol/drug abuse makes little contribution to socioeconomic disparities in all-cause mortality, probably because the prevalence of substance abuse is low and socioeconomic differences in abuse are small, especially at older ages when most Americans die. Smoking prevalence is much higher than drug/alcohol abuse and socioeconomic differentials in smoking are large and have widened among younger cohorts. Not surprisingly, smoking accounts for the majority (62%) of the socioeconomic disparity in mortality from smoking-related diseases, but smoking also makes a substantial contribution to cardiovascular (38%) and all-cause mortality (34%). Based on the observed cohort patterns of smoking, we predict that smoking will further widen SES disparities in all-cause mortality until at least 2045 for men and even later for women. Although we cannot yet determine the mortality consequences of recent widening of the socioeconomic disparities in drug abuse, social inequalities in mortality are likely to grow even wider over the coming decades as the legacy of smoking and the recent drug epidemic take their toll.This paper extracts, organises and summarises findings on adolescent mental health from a major international population study of young people using a scoping review methodology and applying a bio-ecological framework. Population data has been collected from more than 1.5 million adolescents over 37 years by the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children WHO Cross-National (HBSC) Study. The paper reviews the contribution that this long standing study has made to our understanding of the individual, developmental, social, economic, cultural determinants of adolescent mental health by organising the findings of 104 empirical papers that met inclusion criteria, into individual, microsystem, mesosystem and macrosystem levels of the framework. Of these selected papers, 68 were based on national data and the other 36 were based on international data, from varying numbers of countries. Each paper was allocated to a system level in the bio-ecological framework according to the level of its primary focus. The majority (51 papers) investigate individual level determinants. A further 28 concentrate primarily on the microsystem level, 6 on the mesosystem level, and 29 on the macrosystem level. The paper identifies where there is evidence on the determinants of mental health, summarises what we have learned, and highlights research gaps. Implications for the future development of this population health study are discussed in terms of how it may continue to illuminate our understanding of adolescent mental health in a changing world and where new directions are required.

Prior research documents that India has the greatest number of girls married as minors of any nation in the world, increasing social and health risks for both these young wives and their children. While the prevalence of child marriage has declined in the nation, more work is needed to accelerate this decline and the negative consequences of the practice. Expanded targets for intervention require greater identification of these targets. Machine learning can offer insight into identification of novel factors associated with child marriage that can serve as targets for intervention.

We applied machine learning methods to retrospective cross-sectional survey data from India on demographics and health, the nationally-representative National Family Health Survey, conducted in 2015-16. We analyzed data using a traditional regression model, with child marriage as the dependent variable, and 4000+ variables from the survey as the independent variables. We also used three commonly used machine learning algorithms-arity on variables not focused upon in prior research, specifically non-utilization of health system benefits related to nutrition for mothers and infants.

Machine learning appears to be a valid means of identifying key correlates of child marriage in India and, via our innovative iterative thematic approach, can be useful to identify novel variables associated with this outcome. Findings related to low nutritional service uptake also demonstrate the need for more focus on public health outreach for nutritional programs tailored to this population.

Machine learning appears to be a valid means of identifying key correlates of child marriage in India and, via our innovative iterative thematic approach, can be useful to identify novel variables associated with this outcome. Findings related to low nutritional service uptake also demonstrate the need for more focus on public health outreach for nutritional programs tailored to this population.This study aimed to identify priorities for transdisciplinary research on zoonotic diseases (ZDs) using a One Health perspective. In 2017, 69 Canadian experts from various disciplines participated in a three-round Delphi prioritization exercise. Round 1 started with three ZD-related research axes the convergence between zoonoses and chronic diseases, social determinants of zoonoses, and health system effectiveness in zoonosis prevention and control. Each included a list of potential research questions, and respondents were invited to propose additional topics for each axis. The next two rounds reduced the number of topics. Three priority research questions were ultimately selected 1) What is the evidence that zoonoses contribute to the burden of chronic disease? 2) What do we know about the populations most vulnerable to zoonoses? 3) What do we know about the effectiveness of zoonosis prevention and control strategies? The results provide a unique view of important research needs in three ZD-related areas.The outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic is endangering the health of all humans and requires the urgent attention and active response of all countries and all areas of society. Existing studies have shown that wild animals are one of the sources of high-risk virus infection affecting human health, and human activities have largely shaped the routes of virus transmission. To protect wildlife is to protect human health. We should follow the concept of One Health to make corresponding legislation, so as to better coordinate the relationship among human health, animal health and environmental health. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic, China has taken many effective measures to prevent its spreading, including revision of the Wild Animal Conservation Law. All sectors of the Chinese society have issued a strong appeal to pursue One Health and even specific legislative proposals. Because the current Wild Animal Conservation Law fails to properly reflect the concept of One Health, which is the root cause of the imperfect design of the system and the key to the unsatisfactory effectiveness of the legal application. China's new Wild Animal Conservation Law is expected to make a large-scale and systematic revision, which should fully implement the concept of One Health.Traumatic haemorrhage of the thyroid is an uncommon injury, especially in patients without pre-existing thyroid disease. Goitrous glands have an increased risk of haemorrhage following trauma due to their increased size and vascularity. Traditionally, traumatic thyroid haematomas were indiscriminately managed with neck exploration. Over time, the role of the close observation in the management of these injuries was explored, and it became common for patients with traumatic haematomas in otherwise normal thyroid glands to be managed non-operatively if no signs of ongoing bleeding or airway compromise manifested. However, patients with known goitrous glands continued to undergo neck exploration and resection of the affected gland. Herein we discuss the case of a traumatic thyroid haematoma managed non-operatively in a patient with a goitrous gland and discuss its implications for the management of similar future cases.The Estlander flap is an axial-pattern, lip-switch technique used to reconstruct lip defects that include the oral commissure. We describe a neurotised modification that may confer functional advantages by preserving sensation and helping to maintain oral competence. This is achieved by preservation of the mental nerve branches to the lip and facial nerve branches to the orbicularis oris muscle in the flap.

This is the first report of a successful skin grafting between monozygotic twins in the United Kingdom (UK). We discuss the process of assessing the suitability of the patients for the procedure, gaining approval and extraordinary funding from the relevant bodies, developing a new protocol within the trust and the logistics of carrying out the procedure safely.

We describe the case of a 61-year-old paraplegic woman with insensate legs who presented with a 5-week old 2% TBSA deep dermal to full-thickness scald burn which was sustained accidentally in the shower. In view of the prolonged healing time and the risk of burn wound infection, skin grafting of the wound was the recommended treatment. However, given the high risk of impaired wound healing in denervated skin of quadriplegic individuals, the patient was warned of potential donor site wound healing problems. This, along with concerns over the donor site area interfering with the use of her mobility aids prompted her homozygotic twin sister to donate the necessary skin.