A5012758821- Global Health and Surgery
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Genital Health and Disease
- Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Intramuscular injections and effects
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Tumors and Oncological Cases
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus
- Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
Interactive Research and Development
2014-2025
Bayer (United States)
2025
University of Cape Coast
2024
Indus Hospital
2012-2023
GlobalFoundries (Singapore)
2023
Government Medical College
2022
Health Net
2019-2022
Noosa Hospital
2022
Directorate of Health
2022
Center for Global Health
2017-2020
BackgroundCongenital anomalies are the fifth leading cause of mortality in children younger than 5 years globally. Many gastrointestinal congenital fatal without timely access to neonatal surgical care, but few studies have been done on these conditions low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We compared outcomes seven most common low-income, middle-income, high-income globally, identified factors associated with mortality.MethodsWe did a multicentre, international prospective cohort...
OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and outcome of paediatric percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for atypical cases compare results with ‘standard’ unilateral PCNL. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed children who had a PCNL between December 1997 2004. Patients were grouped as follows: group 1, aged >5–16 years normal anatomy renal function undergoing or staged bilateral PCNL; 2, ≤ 5 3, simultaneous 4, impaired in addition to stone disease; 5, anatomical abnormality calculi same...
It is common to see mass media headlines about health-related topics in traditional and online news outlets, as well on social platforms. What a consumer might not realize that often these are distillation of results reported epidemiologic publications. Journalists make decisions what information include exclude, hopefully without compromising the main conclusions. In this exercise, sixty-three articles summarized one peer-reviewed journal publication (Zhang et al., 2021) describing from...
Paediatric cancer is a leading cause of death for children. Children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) were four times more likely to die than children high-income (HICs). This study aimed test the hypothesis that COVID-19 pandemic had affected delivery healthcare services worldwide, exacerbated disparity paediatric outcomes between LMICs HICs.A multicentre, international, collaborative cohort study.91 hospitals centres 39 providing treatment patients March December...
Nutrition support is recognised as an important therapy for attenuating the catabolic effects of critical illnesses, including malnutrition prevention. However, variations in nutrition practices make it difficult to achieve optimal outcomes intensive care unit (ICU).
Objective This study evaluates the priority given to surgical care for children within national health policies, strategies and plans (NHPSPs). Participants setting We reviewed NHPSPs available in WHO’s Country Planning Cycle Database. Countries with languages different from English, Spanish, French or Chinese were excluded. A total of 124 countries met inclusion criteria. Primary secondary outcome measures searched child-specific surgery-specific terms NHPSPs’ missions, goals using three...
Academic global surgery is a rapidly growing field that aims to improve access safe surgical care worldwide. However, no universally accepted competencies exist inform this developing field. A consensus-based approach, with input from diverse group of experts, needed identify essential will lead standardization in task force was set up using snowball sampling recruit broad content and context experts perioperative care. draft revised through the modified Delphi process two rounds anonymous...
Introduction . Male circumcision is a recommended practice in Muslim tradition. It important to ensure that this procedure performed as safely possible these communities. Methods Five hundred adult men and women with at least one male child less than 18 years were interviewed Karachi, Pakistan, regarding details of their child’s circumcision. The survey focused on actual perceived delays perceptions about appropriate age reasons benefits complications the procedure. Circumcisions done after...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a key component of emergency care following cardiac arrest. A better understanding factors that influence CPR outcomes and their prognostic implications would help guide care. retrospective analysis 800 adult patients sustained an in- or out-of-hospital arrest underwent in the department tertiary facility Karachi, Pakistan, between 2008 15 was conducted. Patient demographics, clinical history, characteristics data were collected. Logistic regression...