selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris) are reported to be associated with increased bleeding tendency. while findings of recent studies explain a lot about the pathophysiology of this side-effect, there is a general tendency to discontinue ssris as harmful medications. we report two instances of dose-dependent relations between sertraline and bleeding tendency. bleeding diathesis was a...

Globally, nearly half of all under-five deaths annually (3million deaths) are attributable to undernutrition, as malnutrition is associated with increased risk of morbidity and infections, which leads to mortality (Liu et al. 2015). In 2011, at least 165million children worldwide were stunted, and 52million were wasted, with higher prevalence in south Asia and subSaharan Africa. Malnutrition is...