2020
The Upcoming Epidemic of Heart Failure in South Asia
Martinez-Amezcua P, Haque W, Khera R, Kanaya AM, Sattar N, Lam CSP, Harikrishnan S, Shah SJ, Kandula NR, Jose PO, Narayan KMV, Agyemang C, Misra A, Jenum AK, Bilal U, Nasir K, Cainzos-Achirica M. The Upcoming Epidemic of Heart Failure in South Asia. Circulation Heart Failure 2020, 13: e007218. PMID: 32962410, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.120.007218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 2 diabetes mellitusHeart failureCoronary heart diseaseHeart diseaseHF epidemicDiabetes mellitusEarly type 2 diabetes mellitusLifestyle-related risk factorsPrognosis of HFPremature coronary heart diseasePremature heart failurePrevalent heart failureRheumatic heart diseaseSouth AsiansAbdominal obesityGeneral obesitySouth Asian populationRisk factorsDramatic healthGlobal burdenRecent studiesUrgent interventionUnderrecognized threatTobacco productsUpcoming epidemic
2013
Gender bias in child care and child health: global patterns
Khera R, Jain S, Lodha R, Ramakrishnan S. Gender bias in child care and child health: global patterns. Archives Of Disease In Childhood 2013, 99: 369. PMID: 24344176, DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-303889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical careLife-saving medical carePreventive careImportant contributing factorChild healthPediatric healthcareOverall healthSporadic reportsChildhood ailmentsFemale childrenHealthcare expendituresCareGender ratioYoung girlsContributing factorNumber of girlsGirlsHealthChild careGender-based discriminationSex-selective abortionOutpatientsInpatientsPercentageParental neglect