INTRODUCTION The commonest mitral regurgitation etiologies are degenerative (60%), rheumatic post-inflammatory, 12%) and functional (25%). Due to the large number of patients with acute MI, the incidence of ischaemic MR is also high. Ischaemic mitral regurgitation is a complex multifactorial disease that involves left ventricular geometry, the mitral annulus, and the valvular/subvalvular appara...

The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is a global strategy including improvements in case management at health facilities, strengthening health systems support and improving key family and community practices relevant to child health. In Brazil, IMCI was introduced in 1997, being largely restricted to training health workers in case management. IMCI training of doctors and nurse...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2017 around 810 women died and at end of year reached 295,000 people, which 94% occurred developing countries. The high maternal mortality rate (MMR) infant (IMR) are caused by complications pregnancy childbirth. Preeclampsia is one main causes death mothers besides bleeding infection. hypertension that occurs after 20 weeks gestation accompan...

background: ischemic mitral regurgitation (imr) is a common complication after acute myocardial infarction (ami). we aimed to investigate the frequency of imr following first-time ami and its association with infarct location, in-hospital mortality, and complications. methods: from september 2011 to november 2012, all patients with a diagnosis of first-time acute st-elevation mi were enrolled i...

During the last decades, China has achieved some remarkable results in improving the health status of its population. Since the end of the seventies, it has engaged in a process of large reforms in integrating with the global economy. This openness in policy has already paid important dividends in growth. The purpose of this study is to investigate if external openness had any influence on the ...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the prevalence of fetal and infant deaths due to birth defects in Korea and those trends according to maternal age. DESIGN Retrospective national cohort study SETTING: Korean Vital Statistics database of the Korean Statistical Information Service, between 2009 and 2015. PARTICIPANTS 2176 infant deaths and 4343 fetal deaths caused by birth defects, among 3 181 145 total ...

Background: Cholera outbreaks result in significant morbidity worldwide. Transmission of the disease may be influenced by weather fluctuations, such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and excessive rainfall, and socioeconomic status (SES), including income and education. El Niño events may influence many aspects of the climate, including the amount of rainfall occurring in a given year and ...

OBJECTIVES This report presents 2013 period infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infant death data set (linked file) by maternal and infant characteristics. The linked file differs from the mortality file, which is based entirely on death certificate data. METHODS Descriptive tabulations of data are presented and interpreted. RESULTS The U.S. infant mortality rate was 5.96 infa...

Introduction: First year of life especially is important in providing of a foundation for health and improvement of the life quality. In recent years Infants Mortality Rate has been decreased in our country but still is higher than the developed countries. Methods: In our study data was collected in a questionnaire for 2012 -2013 Admittion and Mortality infant in sayed Al Shohada hospital of f...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the trend and spatial distribution of infant mortality from congenital malformations in Argentina between 2002 and 2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were provided by the Ministry of Public Health. Congenital malformations were classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision. Early neonatal, late neonatal and postneonatal infant mortality...