scholarly journals Hot topics and current controversies in community-acquired pneumonia

Breathe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Severiche-Bueno ◽  
Daniela Parra-Tanoux ◽  
Luis F. Reyes ◽  
Grant W. Waterer
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
The World

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most common infectious diseases, as well as a major cause of death both in developed and developing countries, and it remains a challenge for physicians around the world. Several guidelines have been published to guide clinicians in how to diagnose and take care of patients with CAP. However, there are still many areas of debate and uncertainty where research is needed to advance patient care and improve clinical outcomes. In this review we highlight current hot topics in CAP and present updated evidence around these areas of controversy.

Road Safety at Ghats using IoT

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VII) ◽  
pp. 132-136
Author(s):  
Alaparthi Maneesha
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Led Light ◽  
The Road ◽  
The World

This paper describes how to overcome accidents at Ghat roads. In the developing countries accident is the major cause of death. If we look at the top 10 dangerous roads in the world we can see that all of them are mountain roads and curve roads. In the mountain roads there will be tight curves and the roads will be narrow. In these kinds of situations the driver of a vehicle cannot see vehicles coming from opposite side. Thousands of people lose their lives each year because of this problem. The solution to this problem is developing the Aurdino based project to provide safe and secure journey while travelling to the Ghat roads, Hill Stations, etc. It is provided by alerting the driver about the vehicle coming from opposite side. This is done by keeping a sensor in one side of the road before the curve and keeping a LED light after the curve, so that if vehicle comes from one end of the curve sensor senses and LED light glows at the opposite side. By looking at the LED light on/off criteria driver can become alert and can slow down the speed of the vehicle.

scholarly journals Epidemiology of Pediatric Septic Shock

2018 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 003-010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia Machado ◽  
Daniela de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Septic Shock ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Severe Sepsis ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
World Health ◽  
Disease Definition ◽  
The World

AbstractSepsis, or dysregulated host response to infection, is considered a worldwide public health problem. It is a major childhood disease both in terms of frequency and severity, and severe sepsis is still considered the main cause of death from infection in childhood. This review provides an overview of the epidemiology of pediatric septic shock. The prevalence of severe sepsis and septic shock among hospitalized children ranges from 1 to 26%. Mortality is high, ranging from 5% in developed countries to up to 35% in developing countries. However, 10 years after the publication of pediatric sepsis definitions, a global perspective on the burden of this disease in childhood is still missing. Major obstacles to a better knowledge of sepsis epidemiology in children are the absence of an adequate disease definition and not having sepsis as a cause of death in the World Health Organization Global Burden of Disease Report, which is one of the most important sources of information for health policies decision-making in the world. Several studies performed in both developed and developing countries have shown that mortality from septic shock is high and is associated with delayed diagnosis, late treatment, and nonadherence to the treatment guidelines. Reducing mortality from sepsis in childhood is a worldwide challenge, especially in developing countries, where the highest number of cases and deaths are recorded and where financial resources are scarce. Many specialists consider that prevention, education, and organization are key to achieve a reduction in the burden of sepsis.

scholarly journals The addition of a succinate-containing drug to the treatment improves the clinical and functional state of the liver in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

2020 ◽  
pp. 68-72
Author(s):  
E. S. Bobyleva ◽  
A. Yu. Gorbunov
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Functional State ◽  
Standard Therapy ◽  
Sodium Succinate ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
The World

Community-acquired pneumonia is currently one of the most common infectious diseases in the world. At the same time, the inflammation that occurs in community-acquired pneumonia, along with hypoxia, is one of the typical pathological processes that is associated with the introduction of an infecting agent. Under its influence, lipid peroxidation is activated through a cascade of reactions, which contributes to the formation of oxidative stress, accompanied by damage to the structures of various cells, including hepatocytes. The purpose of the study: to evaluate the clinical and functional state of the liver in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. Materials and methods: There were 120 people under observation, who were divided into 2 groups, receiving standard therapy for community-acquired pneumonia and patients receiving additional meglumin sodium succinate. The clinical and functional state of the liver was analyzed. Conclusions: when adding meglumin sodium succinate to the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia, the clinical and functional state of the liver in patients improves.

A Disease Called Poverty: The Sickness Dismantling Global Health Equity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Foran ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Health Equity ◽  
Hiv Aids

HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria are considered the “big three” infectious diseases in global health. These illnesses alone account for nearly 3 million deaths every year, ravaging communities and countries around the world (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2021). While this number alone is staggering, it is even more notable to observe exactly who is getting sick from these diseases. 95% of all AIDS victims, 98% of the world’s TB cases, and over 90% of the deaths from Malaria occurred in developing countries (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2021).

scholarly journals Gastrointestinal Aspects of Malnutrition in Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Michael Gracey
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
The Past ◽  
Infancy And Childhood ◽  
The World ◽  
Preventive Public Health ◽  
Public Health Programmes ◽  
Health Programmes

Throughout history mankind has suffered many scourges. In many parts of the world improvements in living standards, hygiene, nutrition, medical care and preventive public health programmes have made many of these infectious , diseases things of the past. However, in the so called "developing" countries, diarrhoeal diseases of infancy and childhood are still major problems which cause many millions of deaths each year (Mata, 1985).

Sensor Based Accident Prevention System

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1720-1724
Author(s):  
M. Nithya ◽  
N. Pooranam ◽  
R. Deepalakshmi ◽  
M. Aruna Rani ◽  
S. Anandha Swarna
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Accident Prevention ◽  
Vehicle Speed ◽  
Led Light ◽  
The Road ◽  
Prevention System ◽  
The World ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The One

In the developing countries accident is the major cause of death. The top 10 dangerous roads in the world are mountain roads and curve roads. In the mountain roads there will be tight curves and the roads will be narrow. In these kinds of situations the driver of a vehicle cannot see vehicles coming from opposite side. Thousands of people lose their lives each year because of this problem. The mountain roads might lead to a cliff. The solution for this problem is alerting the driver about the vehicle coming from opposite side in the hair-pin bends. That can be performed by placing the ultrasonic sensor on the road in one side before the road curve and then will keep the LED light after that curve, thus the vehicle which comes from the one end of the curve, the sensors which is present in that curve will sense and makes the LED light glows along with that buzzer sound and also vehicle speed is displayed at the opposite side. By looking at the LED light on signal driver can become alert and can slow down the speed of the vehicle. Thus it saves more lives.

Debates in Dysphagia Management: How Do You Use Evidence-Based Practice in Your Dysphagia Patient Care?

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 121-123
Author(s):  
Jeri A. Logemann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Clinical Judgment ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Clinical Method ◽  
Do So

Evidence-based practice requires astute clinicians to blend our best clinical judgment with the best available external evidence and the patient's own values and expectations. Sometimes, we value one more than another during clinical decision-making, though it is never wise to do so, and sometimes other factors that we are unaware of produce unanticipated clinical outcomes. Sometimes, we feel very strongly about one clinical method or another, and hopefully that belief is founded in evidence. Some beliefs, however, are not founded in evidence. The sound use of evidence is the best way to navigate the debates within our field of practice.

Searching for new Sources of growth. Are the Developing Countries Catching up with the Developed ones?

2015 ◽  
pp. 30-53
Author(s):  
V. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
The West ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Divergence ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Relative Standing

This paper examines the trajectory of growth in the Global South. Before the 1500s all countries were roughly at the same level of development, but from the 1500s Western countries started to grow faster than the rest of the world and PPP GDP per capita by 1950 in the US, the richest Western nation, was nearly 5 times higher than the world average and 2 times higher than in Western Europe. Since 1950 this ratio stabilized - not only Western Europe and Japan improved their relative standing in per capita income versus the US, but also East Asia, South Asia and some developing countries in other regions started to bridge the gap with the West. After nearly half of the millennium of growing economic divergence, the world seems to have entered the era of convergence. The factors behind these trends are analyzed; implications for the future and possible scenarios are considered.

On retroeconomy

2017 ◽  
pp. 148-159
Author(s):  
V. Papava
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
International Competition ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Role Of The Government

This paper analyzes the problem of technological backwardness of economy. In many mostly developing countries their economies use obsolete technologies. This can create the illusion that this or that business is prosperous. At the level of international competition, however, it is obvious that these types of firms do not have any chance for success. Retroeconomics as a theory of technological backwardness and its detrimental effect upon a country’s economy is considered in the paper. The role of the government is very important for overcoming the effects of retroeconomy. The phenomenon of retroeconomy is already quite deep-rooted throughout the world and it is essential to consolidate the attention of economists and politicians on this threat.

Feature extraction and prediction of Dengue Outbreaks

2020 ◽  
pp. 216-222
Author(s):  
Kunal Parikh ◽  
Tanvi Makadia ◽  
Harshil Patel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithm ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
The World ◽  
Dengue Outbreaks

Dengue is unquestionably one of the biggest health concerns in India and for many other developing countries. Unfortunately, many people have lost their lives because of it. Every year, approximately 390 million dengue infections occur around the world among which 500,000 people are seriously infected and 25,000 people have died annually. Many factors could cause dengue such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, inadequate public health, and many others. In this paper, we are proposing a method to perform predictive analytics on dengue’s dataset using KNN: a machine-learning algorithm. This analysis would help in the prediction of future cases and we could save the lives of many.

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