A Rare Case of Traumatic Colonic Intramural Hematoma in Saudi Arabia.

Colonic intramural hematomas are rarely encountered clinically. They are most commonly caused by blunt trauma to the abdomen. Diagnosis is usually reached by a combination of a detailed history, physical examination, and radiological investigations.

Outcomes of Surgical Exploration of Acute Scrotal Pain Raising Suspicion of Testicular Torsion.

Background and objective Testicular torsion (TT) is a surgical emergency, affecting approximately one in every 4000 males under the age of 25 years annually in the United States. In this study, we aimed to determine the outcomes of emergency scrotal surgical exploration of cases that raised suspicion of TT presenting to Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC), Bahrain's largest secondary and tertiary care center. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study.

Laparoscopy-Assisted Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) in Ectopic Pelvic Kidney.

An ectopic kidney is a rare developmental anomaly in which the kidney can be pelvic, iliac, abdominal, and thoracic, and affected patients are more prone to conditions such as reflux, pelvic ureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction, hydronephrosis, nephrolithiasis, and even renal failure than patients with normally structured kidneys. In this case, we present a 43-year-old male who is a known case of ectopic left pelvic kidney and presented with chronic lower abdominal pain. Upon imaging, it was revealed that he had a staghorn stone for which he underwent laparoscopy-assisted percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL).

MERS-CoV Confirmation among 6,873 suspected persons and relevant Epidemiologic and Clinical Features, Saudi Arabia - 2014 to 2019.

Background: Of the three lethal coronaviruses, in addition to the ongoing pandemic-causing SARS-CoV 2, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) remains in circulation. Information on MERS-CoV has relied on small sample of patients. We updated the epidemiology, laboratory and clinical characteristics, and survival patterns of MERS-CoV retrospectively with the largest sample of followed patients.

Perforation of the cecum from ingested foreign body in a 14 year old adolescent with autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Although foreign body ingestion is a common medical issue, intestinal perforations following foreign body ingestion are rare. Diagnosing foreign body ingestion is challenging especially in children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It is believed that approximately 80-90% of ingested foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract without causing any luminal damage, and only approximately 1% of foreign bodies are known to remain lodged within the bowel and cause luminal erosion and perforation.

COVID-19 and Comorbidities: Audit of 2,000 COVID-19 Deaths in India.

Background: On September 5, 2020, India reported the second highest COVID-19 cases globally. Given India's unique disease burden including both infectious and chronic diseases, there is a need to study the survival patterns of COVID-19. We aimed to describe the factors associated with COVID-19 deaths in the State of Tamil Nadu that has the highest COVID-19 case burden among the Indian states, and to compare deaths among COVID patients with and without comorbidities.

Focus on international and domestic travellers are equally important for successful SARS-COV-2 mitigation: ecological comparison of emigrant and migrant travel patterns and COVID-19 trends in Kerala State, India.

We posit from our ecological analysis of COVID-19 trends that the focus on returning international emigrants helped the Indian State of Kerala to successfully mitigate transmission from emigrants. However, the state’s failure to prevent SARS-COV-2 seeding by returning domestic migrants from other states of India led to extensive community transmission.

COVID-19 in the least developed, fragile, and conflict-affected countries - How can the most vulnerable be protected?

The relentless spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its penetration into the least developed, fragile, and conflict-affected countries (LDFCAC) is a certainty. Expansion of the pandemic will be expedited by factors such as an abundance of at-risk populations, inadequate COVID-19 mitigation efforts, sheer inability to comply with community mitigation strategies, and constrained national preparedness. This situation will reduce the benefits achieved through decades of disease control and health promotion measures, and the economic progress made during periods of global development.

Call to avert acceleration of COVID-19 from India's Sabarimala pilgrimage of 25 million devotees.

India has the third-highest COVID-19 burden. Hosting the Sabarimala pilgrimage of an estimated 25 million can compromise the near-mitigated but fragile COVID-19 status of the host State of Kerala, accelerate the ongoing outbreaks in other states of India, and potentially in multiple countries with emigrants from Kerala.

Photo-epidemiology to estimate face covering use in select areas in Asia versus the Americas and Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Using photo-epidemiology, we found extreme variation in COVID-19-related face covering use in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (97%); Lima, Peru (86%); Kerala, India (41%); Cuernavaca, Mexico (25%); Atlanta, USA (21%) and Kinshasa, DRC (4%) probably attributable to differences in population experience with face coverings and variations in timing and implementation of relevant advisories.

All Hands on Deck: A synchronized whole-of-world approach for COVID-19 mitigation.

The COVID-19 pandemic can no longer be mitigated by a nationwide approach of individual nations alone. Given its scale and accelerating expansion, COVID-19 requires a coordinated and simultaneous Whole- of-World approach that galvanizes clear global leadership and solidarity from all governments of the world. Considering an 'all hands-on deck' concept, we present a comprehensive list of tools and entities responsible for enabling them, as well a conceptual framework to achieve the maximum impact.