There are dementia patients in Gaza too.

This editorial highlights the devastating impact of the ongoing Israeli military assault in Gaza on dementia patients, whose fragile care systems have collapsed, leaving them vulnerable and without essential medical support. Through harrowing stories of displacement, medication shortages, and tragic deaths, the piece underscores the profound moral failure in protecting Gaza's most vulnerable, calling for urgent global action to address the humanitarian crisis and ensure dignity and healthcare for all affected individuals.

Fasting with diabetes: a prospective observational study.

Objectives: To determine the proportion of diabetic patients who develop adverse glycaemic events when fasting regularly.

Design: Prospective observational study conducted at a tertiary care hospital in South Asia. Five hundred and twenty-three patients were assessed for eligibility, and 150 were included in the final analysis.

The Pakistan National Emergency Department Surveillance Study (Pak-NEDS): Introducing a pilot surveillance.

Background: Evidence-based decision making is essential for appropriate prioritization and service provision by healthcare systems. Despite higher demands, data needs for this practice are not met in many cases in low- and middle-income countries because of underdeveloped sources, among other reasons. Emergency departments (EDs) provide an important channel for such information because of their strategic position within healthcare systems.

Dead on arrival in a low-income country: results from a multicenter study in Pakistan.

Background: This study assessed the characteristics of dead on arrival (DOA) patients in Pakistan.

Methods: Data about the DOA patients were extracted from Pakistan National Emergency Department Surveillance study (Pak-NEDS). This study recruited all ED patients presenting to seven tertiary care hospitals during a four-month period between November 2010 and March 2011.