Failed/difficult Intubation comparing between pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 pandemic period using a national insurance claims database and information system of a university hospital.

Introduction: Endotracheal intubation can be difficult or even fail under certain patient and anaesthesiologist conditions. During the COVID-19 pandemic a country-wide lockdown policy was enforced in Thailand which stipulated that anaesthesiologists wear personal protective equipment, powered air purifying respirator, or goggles and surgical/N95 mask during the intubation procedure. Thus, an anaesthesiologist's vision is restricted and grip on the equipment less sure.

Clinical Diagnostic Challenge in a Case of Disseminated Infection Misdiagnosed Initially as Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case Report and Literature Review.

This case reports a middle-aged male patient who was HIV-negative and initially misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis but was eventually diagnosed with disseminated infection by next-generation sequencing. The patient presented with respiratory symptoms, recurrent bone pain, and subcutaneous masses as the main symptoms. After one year of antifungal treatment, the symptoms improved obviously, but the symptoms recurred after two weeks of drug withdrawal, and the symptoms were relieved after re-administration of antifungal drugs again.

Preeclampsia and timing of delivery: Disease severity, maternal and perinatal outcomes.

Objectives: This study aimed to elucidate clinical characteristics, disease severity, and obstetric outcomes in women with pregnancy complicated with preeclampsia stratified by gestational age at delivery.

Study Design: This retrospective study was conducted at a tertiary care facility from January 2011 to December 2020.

Main Outcome Measures: Maternal characteristics, risk factors, clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory test results, and maternal and perinatal outcomes were compared between early (<34 weeks) versus late (≥34 weeks) and preterm (<37 weeks) versus term (≥37 weeks) preeclampsia.

The impact of meteorological parameters on the scrub typhus incidence in Baoshan City, western Yunnan, China.

Background: Scrub typhus has become widespread across various regions in China in recent decades, causing a considerable burden on residents. While meteorological variables significantly impact the spread of scrub typhus, there is insufficient quantitative evidence illustrating this association in known high-endemic areas.

Methods: A distributed lag non-linear model was applied to explore the relationship between meteorological parameters and scrub typhus incidence from 2010 to 2019 in Baoshan City, western Yunnan Province, China.

Predictors and a scoring model for maternal near-miss and maternal death in Southern Thailand: a case-control study.

Purpose: To identify predictors and develop a scoring model to predict maternal near-miss (MNM) and maternal mortality.

Methods: A case-control study of 1,420 women delivered between 2014 and 2020 was conducted. Cases were women with MNM or maternal death, controls were women who had uneventful deliveries directly after women in the cases group.