A feasibility randomized controlled trial of culturally adapted Getting Better Bite-by-Bite (Ca-GBBB) intervention for individuals with eating disorders in Pakistan.

Background: Eating disorders (EDs) are serious mental health conditions that affect a person physically and psychologically. In the past, EDs were only recognized as a cultural phenomenon/societal by-product of the West. However, research evidence marks its presence in non-western countries also, including South Asia.

STEMI: Considerations for Left Main Culprit Lesions.

Purpose Of Review: There is a paucity of data regarding the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of patients presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to left main (LM) culprit vessel.

Recent Findings: LM culprit STEMI (LMCSTEMI) is an uncommon, but frequently catastrophic event. Prior meta-analyses and registries have described a varying prevalence of LMCSTEMI, associated cardiogenic shock, and in-hospital mortality among those surviving to hospital presentation.

If you prick us, do we not bleed?

Women have higher post PCI bleeding complications which in turn contributes to higher post PCI mortality. Bivalirudin decreases bleeding events in both men and women when compared to use of both heparin and GPI but bleeding avoidance strategies such as radial artery access or avoiding GPI may modify that benefit. The NCDR bleeding risk score incorporates gender and is predictive of both bleeding complications and mortality.

An Update on Gender Disparities in Coronary Heart Disease Care.

Coronary heart disease (CHD), traditionally considered a male disease, causes far more deaths in women than cancer. The prevalence of CHD is lower in women at any age, but with advancing age, this differential decreases. The clinical outcomes including myocardial infarction mortality, all-cause mortality, and reinfarction rates are also worse in women with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) than in men.

Prevalence and co-infections of schistosomiasis/hepatitis B and C viruses among school children in an endemic areas in Taiz, Yemen.

Objective: To determine the disease prevalence and its relationship with hepatitis B and C viruses among school children in five endemic areas by schistosomiasis.

Methods: During June 2007 and March 2009, 1 484 school children aged between 5 - 16 years participated in the current study from 32 basic schools in five districts (Al-Dhabab, Hedran, Warazan, Al-Barh and Al-Shmaytin) in Taiz Governorate, Republic of Yemen. Out of school children who participated in the study; 1 406 stool samples, 1 484 urine samples and 214 blood samples were collected and examined.

Outcomes of surgical management of tracheobronchial injuries---a case series from a developing country.

Objective: Tracheobronchial injuries are defined as injuries involving the trachea and/or bronchi from the level of the cricoid cartilage extending up to the division of the bronchi. We present a case series with most of the tracheobronchial injuries found to be sustained after penetrating trauma.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed at the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.