Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord
August 2024
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is one of the conditions that may increase the risk of ischemic stroke (IS). This study focuses on factors of MS related to the incidence, years of life lost (YLL), and years of life disability (YLD) caused by IS. The age-adjusted data (incidence, YLL, and YLD) related to four factors of MS [fasting plasma glucose, body mass index (BMI), low-density lipoprotein, and systolic blood pressure, SBP] were extracted as risk factors for IS during the years 1990 to 2019 from global burden of disease study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPostpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of maternal mortality. Surgical interventions, such as uterine artery ligation and utero-ovarian arteries ligation (UAL and UOAL), are considered as effective methods to control PPH. Owing to PPH's severe outcomes, various educational tools have been developed to train surgical residents.
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