Assessing Mortality Disparities Among Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Metabolic Dysfunction Fatty Liver Disease and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Liver Disease: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as a major global health concern due to its association with increased mortality. While previous studies have indicated a link between NAFLD and mortality, variations in risk factors such as age, sex, and disease severity warrant a comprehensive meta-analysis to clarify these associations. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the overall cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk associated with NAFLD, considering various subgroups defined by age, sex, disease severity, presence of cirrhosis or fibrosis, study quality, and follow-up duration.

Acute Cholestatic Liver Injury Due to Ciprofloxacin in a Young Healthy Adult.

Ciprofloxacin is a commonly prescribed antibiotic due to its broad spectrum and good safety profile. However, recent evidence suggests that it has the propensity to cause idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury. There are 25 reported cases of ciprofloxacin induced severe liver injury in the literature.

Why our neonates are dying? Pattern and outcome of admissions to neonatal units of tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar from January, 2009 to December, 2011.

Objective: To find out the frequency of neonatal mortality in tertiary care hospitals to determine the common causes.

Methods: The descriptive retrospective study was conducted in the Paediatric wards of Kuwait Teaching Hospital and Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan, and comprised data from hospital registers from January, 2009 to December, 2011. A structured proforma was used as the data collection tool.