Publications by authors named "Mishal S Siddiqui"
Accidental injuries in the pediatric population are common. The response to injury also differs owing to anatomical and physiological differences in children. While such injuries carry a risk of lifelong morbidity, some cases may follow a benign course despite their distressing appearance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is a common procedure for aortic valve pathologies, particularly in the elderly. While traditional open AVR is established, minimally invasive techniques aim to reduce morbidity and enhance treatment outcomes. The authors' meta-analysis compares these approaches with conventional sternotomy, offering insights into short and long-term mortality and postoperative results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Penetrating trauma to the brain is a rare mode of self-harm in individuals with depressive psychosis. It may have variable presentations ranging from intact neurological status to non-survivable damage and the subjects may be surprisingly apathetic to pain. It is even unusual for such an injury to have an excellent prognosis despite coming late to clinical attention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) involving the aortic arch may increase the opportunity for stroke owing to disruption of cerebral circulation and embolization. In this study, a systematic meta-analysis was performed to examine the impact of proximal landing zone location on stroke and 30-day mortality after TEVAR.
Methods: MEDLINE and Cochrane Library were searched for all original studies of TEVAR reporting outcomes of stroke or 30-day mortality for at least two adjacent proximal landing zones, based on the Ishimaru classification scheme.
Cerebral toxoplasmosis is a rare condition that predominantly affects immunocompromised people and is relatively uncommon in immunocompetent individuals. Acute toxoplasmosis primarily presents with focal and diffuse neurological signs and symptoms depending on the site of the lesion, the degree of local damage, and the severity of inflammation. In this report, we present a case of cerebral toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent adult female who presented with an altered level of consciousness, fever, headache, and shortness of breath.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCOVID-19 pandemic and antimicrobial resistance in developing countries.
Discoveries (Craiova)
June 2021
Article Synopsis
- A variety of antimicrobial agents were promoted as potential treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a noticeable increase in their use, particularly in developing countries, where misuse has been more pronounced.
- This misuse contributes to rising antimicrobial resistance, especially since these regions have already faced challenges with drug-resistant organisms prior to the pandemic.
- The review seeks to examine how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted antimicrobial use and resistance in lower-middle-income countries, looking at unique factors that contribute to resistance and proposing solutions to mitigate the issue.
Background: The effect of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of aorta (REBOA) in lowering mortality rate compared to resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) is inconclusive. In this updated systematic review and meta-analysis, we determined the effectiveness of the two techniques in patients with noncompressible torso hemorrhage (NCTH).
Materials And Methods: Online databases (PubMed, Embase, and MEDLINE) were searched until April 23, 2021, for original articles investigating the effect of REBOA on relevant outcomes (e.