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Prior large-scale multicountry studies of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have either focused on surgically managed patients across development settings or characterized the full case-mix in predominantly high-income regions, leaving operative and nonoperative TBI across the human development spectrum incompletely defined. We present the Global Neurosurgical Study-1, integrating operative and nonoperative TBI across all Human Development…

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious, broad clinical syndrome associated with increased short-term mortality and long-term morbidity. AKI is defined as an abrupt decrease in kidney function leading to an increase in serum creatinine and/or a decrease in urine output. The condition is often multi-factorial in origin​1​. While the origin of an AKI is…

A sport like gymnastics with its high-flying, jaw-dropping skills doesn’t come without a price. For better or for worse, almost every gymnast knows what it’s like to work through an injury—and hopefully come back even stronger. While we don’t know for sure if these athletes will be able to return to competition next season, here…