Cost evaluation of acute ischemic stroke in Latin America: a multicentric study.

Background: Current literature highlights a gap in precise stroke cost data for Latin America. This study measures the real costs associated with acute ischemic stroke care in Latin America using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC). The findings aim to lay a solid foundation for adopting value-based healthcare (VBHC) strategies in the region.

Predicting mortality in pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review of prognostic models.

Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis is a highly prevalent disease in low-income countries; clinical prediction tools allow healthcare personnel to catalog patients with a higher risk of death in order to prioritize medical attention.

Methodology: We conducted a literature search on prognostic models aimed to predict mortality in patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis. We included prospective and retrospective studies where prognostic models predicting mortality were either developed or validated in patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Manejo de heridas traumáticas de difícil cicatrización con colgajos microvasculares.

Objective: Present different flap alternatives when performing microvascular free-flap reconstruction in acute hard-to-heal wounds.

Method: A retrospective review of patients whose acute hard-to-heal wounds were treated with microvascular free-flap reconstruction. Data on demographics, wound aetiology, diagnostic, previous treatment, free-flap type, free-flap size, complications and follow up were analysed.

Manejo de heridas traumáticas de difícil cicatrización con colgajos microvasculares.

Objective: Present different flap alternatives when performing microvascular free-flap reconstruction in acute hard-to-heal wounds.

Method: A retrospective review of patients whose acute hard-to-heal wounds were treated with microvascular free-flap reconstruction. Data on demographics, wound aetiology, diagnostic, previous treatment, free-flap type, free-flap size, complications and follow up were analysed.

Comments on "Affective instability in those with and without mental disorders: A case control study" by Marwaha et al.

This letter has the purpose to comment the article by Marwaha et al. regarding affective instability and mental disorders. We wish to highlight the importance to report the proper measures of association in case-control studies, and the impact of adjusting the results when finding associations with possible confounders in the bivariate analysis.