Global anaesthesia practice using inguinal hernia surgery as a tracer condition: a secondary analysis of an international prospective cohort study

Authors: Cortland Linder (UK), Maria Picciochi (UK) Sakina Bhaloo (UK), Ebenezer Amofa (Ghana) (Canada Gaston (Rwanda) Jose Andres Calvache (Colombia) Sivesh Kamarajah (UK) Palesa Motshabi (South Africa) Dmitri Nepogodiev (UK), Dhruv Ghosh (India), Laura Kudrna (UK), Maame Jenny (Ghana), Muyiwa Rotimi (Nigeria), Telesphore Kabera (Rwanda), Virginia Ledda (UK), Sam Lawday (UK), Craig McClain (USA), Cliff Shelton (UK), Abdul Ghaffar (Switzerland or Pakistan), Adedogni (Nigeria), Allen Jean De La Croix Ingabire (Rwanda), Asad Latif (Pakistan), Nana Boateng (Ghana), Jean Pierre Nganabashaka (Rwanda), Larissa Cronje (South Africa), Mogane Palesa (South Africa), Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo (Rwanda), Pritpal Singh (India), Revatrams (India), Rotimi Aaron (Nigeria), Samuel Jerry Cobbina (Ghana), Sandrine Zola (Benin), Suryakiran Sharma (India), Teena Gill (India), Tony Thomson (India), James Glasbey (UK), Janet Martin (Canada) $, Christina George (India) $, Aneel Bhangu (UK) $ Joint first authors, $Joint senior authors Statistical Analysis Cortland Linder (UK), Maria Picciochi (UK), Sivesh Kamarajah (UK), Bryar Kadir (UK), Aneel Bhangu (UK) Operational Committee: Aneel Bhangu (UK), Abdul Gaffar (Pakistan), Adewale Adisa (Nigeria), Andrew Dove (UK), Christina George (Unknown), Dmitri Nepogodiev (UK), Elizabeth Li (Unknown), Ewen Harrison (UK), Fareeda Galley (Ghana), Ian Thomson (UK), J. C. Allen Ingabire (Rwanda), Janet Martin (Canada), Mwayi Kachapila (Malawi), Natalie Rowland (UK), Omar Omar (Somalia or Kenya), Parvez Haque (Bangladesh or India), Rachel Lillywhite (UK), Richard Lilford (UK), Rob Lillywhite (UK), Samuel Cobbina (Ghana), Tracy Roberts (UK). Dissemination Committee (listed by country): Albania: I Dajti, Algeria: Z Djama, Argentina: M Lucchini, RM Palacios Huatuco, Australia: K Atherton, AC Dawson, E Lun, Austria: F Aigner, Belgium: F Berrevoet, Benin: I Lawani, S Lawani, C Bokossa, Bosnia and Herzegovina: S Delibegovic, Bulgaria: M Slavchev, Burkina Faso: AF Sanon, A Sanou, Burundi: JB Gusa, JC Mbonicura, Cameroon: A Bang, O Gabom, C Nwegbu, Canada: A Brar, J Martin, Chile: MM Modolo, M Olivos, Colombia: JA Calvache, Croatia: J Mihanovic, Cyprus: N Gouvas, A Yiallourou, Czech Republic: B East, Dominican Republic: S Batista, R Rivas, Ecuador: EP Lincango, Egypt: S Emile, Ethiopia: AB Aregawi, France: AP Arnaud, Gabon: N Boumas, Georgia: Z Demetrashvili, Germany: H Lederhuber, MW Löffler, Ghana: AE Agbeko, NB Sam, S Tabiri, F Agyei, FE Gyamfi, S Mohammed, Greece: I Katsaros, G Tsoulfas, India: L Bains, J Dhiman, D Ghosh, PD Haque, A Suroy, Ireland: S Ramjit, Israel: G Marom, Italy: F Pata, G Gallo, Jordan: F Ayasra, Kazakhstan: I R Fakhradiyev, Kenya: IHS Hamdun, Kyrguzstan: A Iqbal, Liberia: E Mbanzabugabo, Libya: M Elhadi, Lithuania: A Gulla, Madagascar: L Samison, Malawi: M Nyirenda, R Nyirenda, Malaysia: AC Roslani, Mali: B Bengaly, Malta: J Psaila, Mexico: L Martinez, A Ramos-De la Medina, Namibia: PR Nashidengo, New Zealand: M McGuinnes, D Wright, Niger: A Ousseini, Nigeria: A Adisa, AO Ademuyiwa, North Macedonia: T Risteski, Oman: Z Al Balushi, B Dawud, A AlSharqi, F Ali, Pakistan: AU Qureshi, Palestine: H Abu-Arish, Paraguay: H Gomez-Fernandez, Philippines: JM Faylona, MD Sacdalan, Poland: W Krawczyk, Portugal: JG Goncalves-Nobre, M Sampaio-Alves, I Santos, Romania: I Negoi, Russian Federation: A Butyrskii, Rwanda: JC Allen, F Ntirenganya, Sierra Leone: I Fortune, Slovenia: J Kosir, South Africa: N Parker, K Chu, Spain: A Minaya Bravo, Sri Lanka: D Wickramasinghe, U Jayarajah, Sudan: M Elmujtaba, Sweden: M Nikberg, Switzerland: E Gialamas, Syria: M Alshaar, Tanzania: M Nkoronko, Turkey: A Isik, Uganda: I Mubesi, United States: J NgKamstra, Venezuela: O Bahsas-Zaky. Hospital leads (listed by country and city): Albania: E Agastra (Korca, Regional Hospital of Korca), I Dajti (Tirana, University hospital Koco Gliozheni). Algeria: R Belouz (Algiers, CHU Isaad Hassani), Z Djama (Constantine, University Hospital Abdelhamid Ben Badis), A Mouffokes (Oran, EHU-1st November 1954). 2 Argentina: ME Muriel (Allende, Cordoba, Sanatorio Allende - Sede Cerro), RM Palacios Huatuco (Buenos Aires, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires), M Santillan (Buenos Aires, Hospital Universitario CEMIC), A Duro (Buenos Aires, Hospital municipal de vicente lópez), JI Valenzuela (City of Buenos Aires, Hospital Velez Sarsfield), DA Pantoja Pachajoa (Cordoba, Clinica Universitaria Reina Fabiola), G Romero reyna (Cordoba, Sanatorio Allende - Sede Nueva Cordoba), CM Florián Villa (San Francisco, Clinica Regional del Este). Aruba: M Gosselink (Oranjestad, Dr. Horacio E Oduber Hospital). Australia: YH Lam, A Nguyen (Adelaide, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network), JA Duffield (Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital), A Frankel (Brisbane, Princess Alexandra Hospital), S Bowman (Brisbane, Queen Elizabeth 2 Jubilee Hospital), D Mitchell (Brisbane, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service), H Iswariah (Brisbane, The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH)), S Abeykoon (Campbelltown, Campbelltown Hospital), S Gananadha (Canberra, Calvary Hospital), Canberra Hospital), S Salindera (Coffs Harbour NSW, Coffs Harbour Health Campus), S Stevens (Colac, Colac Area Health), AC Dawson (Gosford, Gosford Hospital), M Issa (Hamilton, Hamilton Base Hospital), E Wong (Melbourne, Angliss Hospital), L Bromley (Melbourne, Austin Hospital), Box Hill Hospital), K Jaffry (Melbourne, Casey Hospital), M Bickford (Melbourne, Knox Private Hospital), Maroondah Hospital), R Nataraja (Melbourne, Monash Childrens Hospital), R Hodgson (Melbourne, Northern Hospital), A Fox (Melbourne, St Vincent’s Hospital), M Wichmann (Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service), A Davis (Mount Nasura, Armadale Health Service), S Zhang (Newcastle, Calvary Mater Newcastle), M Ishak (Newcastle, John Hunter Hospital), R Liang (Robina, Robina Hospital), P Tang (Sale, Sale Hospital / Central Gippsland Health Service), R Liang (Southport, Gold Coast University Hospital), M Park (Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital), C Cornwell (Sydney, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital), E Page-Taylor (Toowoomba, Toowoomba Hospital), A Hameed (Westmead, Westmead Hospital), R McGee (Wyong, Wyong Public Hospital). Austria: I Königsrainer (Feldkirch, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch), F Aigner (Graz, Barmherzige Brüder Krankenhaus, Graz), S Mikalauskas (Graz, Medical University of Graz), L Havranek (Linz, Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen), A Binder (Tulln, Universitätsklinikum Tulln). Bangladesh: S Islam (Dhaka, Dhaka Medical College Hospital), MP Singh (Dinajpur, Lamb Hospital). Benin: G Gbessi (Cotonou, Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire Hubert Koutoukou Maga), H Aouagbe Behanzin (Cotonou, Hopital de Menontin), M Agbadebo (Dassa-Zoumè, Hôpital de Zone de Dassa-Zoumè), E Bara (Kandi, Hôpital de zone de Kandi), AB Yevide (Klouékanme, Hopital de Zone de Klouékanme), TK Hessou (Natitingou, Centre Hospitalier Départemental de l’Atacora), AM Hodonou (Parakou, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Borgou Alibori), I Lawani (Porto Novo, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire et Departemental Oueme Plateau). Bosnia and Herzegovina: Z Matkovic (Doboj, Genera Hospital ‘Sveti aposto Luka’ Doboj), N Lalovic (Foča, University Hospital Foča), J Miskovic (Mostar, SKB University Clinical Hospital Mostar), M Salibašić (Sarajevo, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo), A Cerovac (Tešanj, General Hospital Tešanj), A Tursunovic (Tuzla, University Clinical Center Tuzla). Brazil: C Panis (Francisco Beltrão, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná). 3 Bulgaria: T Ivanov (Pleven, Heart and Brain - Pleven Hospital), M Karamanliev (Pleven, University Hospital Dr Georgi Stranski, Medical University - Pleven), R Donchev (Plovdiv, MHAT St. Karidad), D Hadzhiev (Plovdiv, UMHAT Sveti Georgi), T Yotsov (Ruse, University Hospital Medika), E Hristova (Sofia, Fifth City Hospital Sofia - 5th MBAL). Burkina Faso: AF Sanon (Ouagadougou, Tengandogo University Hospital). Burundi: JC Mbonicura (Bujumbura, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Kamenge), N Diomede (Bujumbura, Kamenge Military Hospital), J Gusa (Bujumbura, Prince Regent Charles Hospital). Cambodia: S Stock (Battambang, Handa Medical Centre). Cameroon: O Ndizeye (Bamenda, Nkwen Baptist Hospital). Canada: R Spence (Halifax, Queen Elizabeth II), S Lee (Port Moody, Eagle Ridge Hospital), S Lee (Vancouver, Royal Columbian Hospital). Chile: MM Modolo (Santiago, Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau). China: W Yang (Guangzhou, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University). Colombia: CJ Perez Rivera (Bogota, Fundacion Cardioinfantil-IC), S Sierra (Medellin, Clínica CES), DS Garcés Palacios (Popayan, Hospital Susana Lopez de Valencia), JA Calvache (Popayán, Hospital Universitario San José). Croatia: J Mihanovic (Zadar, Zadar General Hospital), G Augustin (Zagreb, University Hospital Centre Zagreb). Cyprus: A Yiallourou (Nicosia, Nicosia General Hospital). Czech Republic: J Moravik (Decin, Krajská zdravotní as - Hospital Decin), A Al Kaddah (Hradec Kralove, Charles University Hospital), Z Musilová (Ivančice, Hospital Ivančice), M Schön (Novy Jicin, Hospital, Oncological Centre Novy Jicin), J Roman (Ostrava, University Hospital Ostrava), B East (Prague, Motol University Hospital). Dominican Republic: R Rivas (Santo Domingo, CEDIMAT - Centro de Diagnóstico, Medicina Avanzada, Laboratorio y Telemedicina). Egypt: G Abouelnagah (Alexandria, Alexandria Main University Hospital), D Attia (Alexandria, Alexandria Medical Research Institute), G Abouelnagah (Alexandria, Smouha University Hospital), A Maher (Assiut, Assiut University Children Hospital), A Kedwany (Assiut, Assiut University Hospital), S Abdelmohsen (Aswan, Aswan University Hospital, Aswan University), R Adel Diab (Cairo, Al Zahraa University Hospital), A Al-Mallah (Cairo, Al-Azhar University Hospitals), H Taher (Cairo, Cairo University Children’s Hospitals (CUSPH, CUCH)), H Abozied (Cairo, EL-Hussein University Hospital, Al-Azhar University, Faculty Of Medicine), ASM Abdelrahman (Cairo, Giza International Hospital), M ElFiky, N Shehata (Cairo, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University), B Fahmy (Giza, The Memorial Soaad Kafafi University Hospital), H Elghadban (Mansoura, Mansoura University Hospital), E Adel Mahmod Sultan (Menofia, Menofia University Hospital), M Omar (Qena, Qena University Hospital), EA Ahmed (Sohag, Sohag University Hospital), AM Elkhouly (Tanta, Tanta University Hospital), A Asla (Zagazig, Al Ahrar Zagazig Teaching Hospital). Ethiopia: F Terefe (Addis Ababa, Yekatit 12 hospital medical college), A Yeshitila (Deberebirhan, Hakim Gizaw Hospital), M Taeme (Dessie, Dessie Referral Hospital), A Demessie (Gondar, Gondar University Comprehensive specialized hospital), AB Aregawi (Hawassa, Hawassa University 4 Comprehensive Specialized Hospital), N S. Bayleyegn (Jimma, Jimma University Medical Center), B Sime (Yirgalem, Yirgalem Hospital Medical College). France: A Police (Eaubonne, Hôpital Simone Veil), A Castaldi (Nimes, Hôpital Carèmeau), E Reitano (Strasbourg, Nouvel Hopital Civil de Strasbourg). Gabon: N Boumas (Libreville, Centre Hospitalier universitaire mère enfant Fondation Jeanne Ebori). Georgia: Z Demetrashvili (Tbilisi, N. Kipshidze Central University Clinic). Germany: C Kamphues (Berlin, Park-Klinik Weissensee), D Hackner (Erlangen, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen), U Ronellenfitsch (Halle, University Hospital Halle), J Rolinger (Moenchengladbach, Kliniken Maria Hilf), D Reim (Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar TUM School of Medicine), N Börner (Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Großhadern), J Goedeke (Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Innenstadt), AE Gut (München, Isarklinikum), M Janda (Rostock, University Hospital Rostock), J De Deken (Saarbruecken, Klinikum Saarbruecken), MW Löffler (Tuebingen, University Hospital Tuebingen). Ghana: R Armah (Accra, Greater Accra Regional Hospital), A Bediako Bowan (Accra, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital), E Kafui Ayodeji (Accra, Pentecost Hospital), EA Arkoh (Ankaful, Ankaful Leprosy General Hospital), FE Gyamfi (Berekum, Berekum Holy Family Hospital), A Davor (Bolgatanga, Upper East Regional Hospital), MT Morna (Cape-Coast, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital), N Agboadoh (Damongo, St. Anne’s Hospital), EA Nachelleh (Ho, Ho Teaching Hospital), AE Agbeko (Kumasi, Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital), S Mensah (Kumasi, University Hospital, KNUST), P Taah-Amoako (Nsawkaw, Tain District Hospital), K Collins (Sunyani, Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital), AS Seidu (Tamale, Tamale Teaching Hospital), BK Seshie (Tema, Tema General Hospital), G Ansong (Walewale, Walewale Government Hospital). Greece: K Kambouri (Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis University General Hospital), A Kyriakidis (Amfissa, General Hospital of Amfissa), D Korkolis (Athens, Agios Savvas Anticancer Hospital), N Memos (Athens, Aretaieion Hospital), D Kelgiorgi (Athens, Athens Euroclinic), C Chouliaras (Athens, Athens Medical Center), E Fradelos (Athens, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital), N Michalopoulos (Athens, Attikon University General Hospital), N Dimitrokallis (Athens, Evaggelismos General Hospital), A Paspala (Athens, Evgenideio Hospital), P Christodoulou (Athens, General Hospital Asklepieio Voulas), EC Tampaki (Athens, KAT Athens General Hospital), D Schizas (Athens, Laiko University Hospital), K Kontzoglou (Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), M Spartalis (Athens, Sotiria General Hospital of Thoracic Diseases), M Billis (Filiates, General Hospital of Filiates), N Tsakiridis (Florina, Florina General Hospital ‘Eleni Th. Dimitriou’), A Karakosta (Ioannina, University Hospital of Ioannina), D Panagopoulos (Kyparissia, General Hospital of Messinia, Hospital Unit of Kyparissia), G Koukoulis (Larissa, General Hospital of Larissa ‘Koutlimpaneio and Triantafylleio’), G Christodoulidis (Larrisa, General University Hospital of Larissa), K Bouchagier (Patras, General University Hospital of Patras), V Mousafeiris (Patras, Karamandaneio Prefecture Children Hospital of Patras), A Papadopoulos (Piraeus, General Hospital of Nikaia), L Katsiaras (Piraeus, Metaxa Cancer Hospital), N Zampitis (Piraeus, Tzaneio General Hospital), O Ioannidis (Thessaloniki, George Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessaloniki), M Drogouti 5 (Thessaloniki, O Agios Dimitrios General Hospital), C Kaselas (Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital), D Lytras (Volos, Achillopoyleio General Hospital of Volos). Guatemala: M Aguilera-Arevalo (Guatemala City, Hospital General San Juan De Dios), L TaléRosales (Guatemala City, Hospital Juan Jose Arevalo Bermejo), ST Torres Rodríguez (Guatemala City, Hospital de Referencia Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias). India: N Krishnappa (Bangalore, Karnataka, BGS Global Institute of Medical Sciences), S Kumar Venkatappa (Bangalore, Victoria Hospital), TS Mishra (Bhubaneswar, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences - Bhubaneswar), Y Sakaray (Chandigarh, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education, Research Chandigarh, India), R Kottayasamy Seenivasagam (Coimbatore, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research), R Sharma (DELHI, St Stephen’s Hospital), R Gupta (Dehradun, Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences), M Luthra (Delhi, Holy Family Hospital), T Longkumer (Dimapur, Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research), A Chhabra (Faridkot, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Hospital (Baba Farid University of Health Sciences)), T Doma Bhutia (Gangtok, Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial Hospital Sochakgang), M Pathak (Jodhpur, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur), J Rathod (Karamsad, Shree Krishna Hospital), MK Agrawal (Lucknow, King George’s Medical University), D Jain (Ludhiana, Christian Medical College, Hospital), NK Chaudhry (Ludhiana, Satguru Partap Singh Hospital), A Mathew (Madhepura, Madhepura Christian Hospital), P Alexander (Manali, Lady Willingdon Hospital), V Kumar (Manipal, Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal), RD Sharma (Mumbai, Lilavati Hospital, Research Centre), B Sarang (Mumbai, Terna Medical College and Hospital), D Singh (Nandurbar, Chinchpada Christian Hospital), N Gupta (New Delhi, ABVIMS Dr RML Hospital), S Kulkarni (New Delhi, Army Hospital Research, Referral New Delhi), T Rashid (New Delhi, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences, Research), L Bains (New Delhi, Maulana Azad Medical College), T Iahmo (Padhar, Padhar Hospital), A Kumar (Patiala, Government Medical College Patiala), M Kumar (Patna, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna), R Abhinaya (Pondicherry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research), VS Jha (Pune, Command Hospital, Southern Command), D Dugar (Raipur, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur), S Basu (Rishikesh, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences), K Singh (SAS Nagar (Mohali), BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences Mohali), C Mahakalkar (Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital), FQ Parray (Srinagar, Sher-iKashmir Institute of Medical Sciences), JA Kalyanapu (Tezpur, Baptist Christian Hospital), M Chisthi (Thiruvananthapuram, Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram), A Kavalakat (Thrissur, Jubilee Mission Medical College, Research Institute), B Roopavathana. S (Vellore, Hospital). Iran, Islamic Rep. : N Yousefzadeh Kandevani (Bastak, Farabi hospital), M Pourfridoni (Jiroft, Imam Khomeini Hospital). Iraq: R Raheem Attallah Al_obaidy (Anbar, Heet General hospital), Z Alkhuzaie (Najaf, Al Batool private hospital), MA Al-Juaifari (Najaf, Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Teaching Hospital). Ireland: S Ramjit (Dublin, St James’s Hospital), R Tummon (Kerry, University Hospital Kerry). Israel: S Abu Salem (Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Center). 6 Italy: R Sulce (Arezzo, Ospedale San Donato USL Toscana Sud Est), PM Cicerchia (Ariccia, Ospedale dei Castelli (N. O. C. )), E Marra (Aversa, San Giuseppe Moscati), M Rottoli (Bologna, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna), J Andreuccetti (Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili, Ospedale di Brescia), E Locci (Cagliari, Cagliari University Hospital), F Cappellacci (Cagliari, Chirurgia Generale e Polispecialistica, Cagliari University Ospital ‘Duilio Casula’), N Cillara (Cagliari, Santissima Trinità - ATS Sardegna), E Abate (Carate Brianza (MB), Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele III - Carate Brianza), F Ascari (Carpi, Ramazzini), S Romano (Casarano, Francesco Ferrari Hospital), M Veroux (Catania, Azienda Ospedaliero- Universitaria Policlinico San Marco), B Nardo (Cosenza, Azienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza), D Sasia (Cuneo, Santa Croce e Carle Hospital, Cuneo), G Baronio (Esine, ASST Valcamonica Ospedale di Esine), N Fabbri (Ferrara, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara), J Martellucci (Firenze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi), G Canonico (Firenze, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio), V Lizzi (Foggia, Ospedali Riuniti Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria), F D’acapito (Forlì, Morgagni-Pierantoni), D Merlini (Garbagnate Milanese, ASST Rhodense - Ospedale di Garbagnate Milanese), A Barberis (Genoa, E. O. Ospedali Galliera), MF Amisano (Genoa, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino), A Luzzi (Genoa, Ospedale Villa Scassi), F Palmieri (Gravedona ed Uniti, Ospedale Moriggia Pelascini), CL Bertoglio (Magenta, Ospedale ‘G. Fornaroli’, ASST-OVEST Milanese), E Baldini (Melzo, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Stelle, ASST Melegnano Martesana), M Ceolin (Milan, Humanitas Research Hospital), P De Nardi (Milan, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan), MG Piacentini (Milan, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico), F Ferrara (Milan, San Carlo Borromeo), F Brucchi (Milan, Sesto San Giovanni Hospital), F Di Marco (Modica, Ospedale Maggiore), N Tamini (Monza, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Monza, Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università Milano Bicocca), P Anoldo (Naples, Federico II University of Naples), R Patrone (Naples, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione, Pascale IRCCS), F Selvaggi (Naples, Primo Policlinico di Napoli), G Bellio (Padova, Piove di Sacco Hospital), P Venturelli (Palermo, Policlinico Universitario Paolo Giaccone), L Conti (Piacenza, G. Da Saliceto), L Morelli (Pisa, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana), SMM Basso (Pordenone, Azienda Sanitaria Friuli Occidentale (AS FO)), F Biolchini (Reggio Emilia, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia), C Marafante (Rivoli, Ospedale degli Infermi di Rivoli), A Antinori (Rome, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli), M Campanelli (Rome, Policlinico Tor Vergata Hospital, Rome), P Lapolla (Rome, Policlinico Umberto I Sapienza University of Rome), G Palomba (Salerno, San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona), L Cardinali (San Benedetto del Tronto, Madonna del Soccorso Hospital), E Andolfi (Sansepolcro, Valtiberina), L Verre (Siena, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Senese), G Poillucci (Spoleto (PG), San Matteo degli Infermi), E Pontecorvi (Sulmona, SS Annunziata), S Novello (Treviso, Ospedale Ca’ Foncello - Università di Padova (DISCOG)), M Santarelli (Turin, Città della Salute e della Scienza), L Cobellis (Vallo Della Lucania, Casa di Cura Prof. Dott. Luigi Cobellis), G Ietto (Varese Lombardy, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi (Varese)), F Pederiva (Varese, Filippo Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria), A Iacomino (Venezia, Ospedale Civile - Santi Giovanni e Paolo), D Verdi (Venice, Mirano Hospital), A Broglia (Voghera, Ospedale Civile di Voghera), P Cianci (andria, Lorenzo Bonomo), M Angelucci 7 (rome, policlinico universitario campus bio medico of rome), G Calini (udine, santa maria della misericordia). Japan: H Yonekura (Aichi, Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital). Jordan: S Alananzeh (Ajloun, Al Iman Hospital), A Qasem (Amman, Al-Basheer Hospital), Y Alawneh (Amman, Ibn Al Haitham Hospital), S Al-Tahayneh (Amman, Islamic Hospital), A Khamees (Amman, Jordan University Hospital), MEH Albanna (Amman, Marka Specialty Hospital), RKZ Almahadin (Amman, Prince Hamza hospital), M Mahafdah (Ar Ramtha, King Abdullah University Hospital/ Jordan University of Science and Technology), O Mansour (As-Salt, Al Hussain New Salt Hospital), M Mubarak (Irbid, Ar Ramtha Govermental Hospital), A Alrababah (Irbid, Princess Basma Hospital). Kazakhstan: M Kulimbet (Almaty, City Clinical Hospital No. 7, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University), I Fakhradiyev (Almaty, JSC ‘Central Clinical Hospital’, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University). Kenya: R Parker (Bomet, Tenwek Hospital). Lebanon: D Rahme (Beirut, Hopital Libanais Geitaoui), H Hamdar (Jbail, Maritime Hospital). Libya: W Ebrahim (Albayda, Albayda Medical Center), M Saleh (Benghazi, Al-jalaa Teaching/Trauma Hospital), S Alsaeiti (Benghazi, Benghazi Children’s Hospital), R Michael (Benghazi, Benghazi Medical Center), A Bojazyah (Darna, Al-Wahda Hospital), H Bileid Bakeer (Gharyan, Gharyan Central Hospital), M Abudabbous, N Albahloul (Misurata, Misurata Central Hospital), A Egdeer (Nalut, Nalut Central Hospital), H Embarek (Sebha, Al-Majd Clinic), M Abdelkabir (Sebha, Aseel Alghad Clinic), H Idheiraj (Sebha, Sabha Medical Center), R Salim (Tobruk, Tobruk Medical Center), K Ayad (Tripoli, Alkhalil hospital), A Alragheai (Tripoli, Metiga Hospital), S Egreara (Tripoli, Sabratha teaching hospital), S Timmalah (Tripoli, Tripoli Medical Center/ Tripoli University Hospital), N Lahmer (Zawia, Zawia Teaching Hospital), N Ben Hasan (Zliten, Zliten Teaching Hospital). Lithuania: D Venskutonis (Kaunas, LUHS Kaunas Hospital), A Dauksa (Kaunas, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics), A Gulla (Vilnius, Vilnius University Hospital). Madagascar: F Rasoaherinomenjanahary (Antananarivo, Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Hospital). Malaysia: MS Mohd Shah (Kelantan, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia), R Noor (Kota Bharu, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II), SN Loke (Kuching, Sarawak, Sarawak General Hospital), MA Yunus (Malacca, Hospital Jasin), H Amin-Tai (Serdang, Hospital Pengajar Universiti Putra Malaysia (HPUPM)). Mali: KS Dembele (Ségou, District Hospital of Tominian). Malta: J Psaila (Msida, Mater Dei Hospital). Mexico: CM Nuño-Guzmán (Guadalajara, Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara), LA Flores Chávez (Guadalajara, Clínica de Especialidades más Centro de Cirugía Simplificada), CM Nuño-Guzmán, G Yanowsky-Reyes (Guadalajara, Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde), A Gonzalez Ojeda (Guadalajara, Hospital de Especialidades, CMNO-IMSS), G Ambriz González (Guadalajara, UMAE Hospital de Pediatria Centro Medico Nacional de Occidentes IMSS), EE Lozada Hernandez (León, Hospital Regional e Alta Especialidad del Bajio), M Trejo-Avila (Mexico City, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González), C Moreno-Licea (Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición 8 ‘Salvador Zubirán’), A Navarrete-Peón (Pachuca, Sociedad Española de Beneficencia), M Noguez Castillo (Querétaro, Hospital de especialidades del niño y la mujer), A Ramos-De la Medina (Veracruz, Hospital Español Veracruz). Morocco: I Gouazar (Marrakech, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VI, Marrakech), A Ouachhou (Rabat, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Sina Rabat). Namibia: PR Nashidengo (Windhoek, Windhoek Central Academic Hospital). New Zealand: S Rennie (Masterton, Wairarapa Hospital), M Haimona (Wellington, Wellington Regional Hospital), F Fadzlullah (Whanganui, Whanganui Hospital), L Paterson (Whangarei, Whangarei Hospital). Nigeria: A Adeyeye (Ado Ekiti, Afe Babalola University Multi-System Hospital), J Olaogun (Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital), N Oloko (Bauchi, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi), P Agbonrofo (Benin City, University of Benin Teaching Hospital), A Abiodun (Bida, Federal Medical Centre Bida), U Ezomike (Enugu, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital), SA Sani (Gwagwalada, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital), TA Lawal (Ibadan, University College Hospital), AO Lawal (Idi Araba, Lagos University Teaching Hospital), AI Okunlola (Ido Ekiti, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti), OM Williams (Ikeja, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital), A Adisa (Ile-Ife, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex), T Mohammed (Ilesa, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Wesley Guild Hospital Unit), P Elemile (Ilishan-Remo, Babcock University Teaching Hospital), II Aremu (Ilorin, General Hospital), L Abdur-Rahman (Ilorin, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital), JG Makama (Kaduna, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital), IU Garzali (Kano, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital), TT Ibiyeye (Lokoja, Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja), OH Ekwunife (Nnewi, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital), OH Ekwunife (Onitsha, Holy Rosary Specialist Hospital), O Ojewuyi (Osogbo, UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital), I Ogundele (Sagamu, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital), M Daniyan (Zaria, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital). North Macedonia: T Risteski (Skopje, University Clinic for Pediatric Surgery). Oman: H Al-Aamri (Ibra, Ibra Hospital), AH ALSharqi (Muscat, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital), M Al Hinai (Nizwa, Nizwa Hospital). Pakistan: S Ahmed (Islamabad, Dr Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital), SH Waqar (Islamabad, The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences), M Shahid (Karachi, PAF Faisal Hospital), F Ashraf (Karachi, Patel Hospital), AN Syed (Karachi, The Indus Hospital), AS Ammar (Lahore, Bahria International Hospital, Bahria Orchard), K Hayat (Lahore, Services Hospital Lahore), N Talat (Lahore, The Children’s Hospital, The Institute of Child Health Lahore), W Mabood (Peshawar, Mercy Teaching Hospital), HW Bhatti (Rawalpindi, Benazir Bhutto Hospital), M Usman Malik (Sargodha, District Headquarter, Teaching Hospital - Sargodha). Palestine: B Mohamad (Bethlehem, West Bank, Beit Jala Governmental Hospital (Al Hussein)), A Alwali (Gaza, Al-Shifa Hospital), A AbuNemer (Gaza, Nasser Hospital), S Alijla (Gaza, Palestine Red Crescent Society - Al-amal Hospital), H Ayesh (Hebron, West Bank, Al-Ahli Hospital), H Abu-Arish (Hebron, West Bank, Governmental Hebron Hospital-Alia), D Rabaia, A Jaber (Jenin, West Bank, The 9 Martyr Dr. Khalil Sulaiman Hospital (Jenin Governmental Hospital)), M MohammedAli (Nablus, West Bank, Rafidia Hospital), A Attili (Tulkarm, West Bank, Martyr Thabet Thabet Govermental Hospital). Paraguay: OM Cuenca Torres (Asuncion, Hospital de Clínicas, II Cátedra de Clínica Quirúrgica, Universidad Nacional de Asunción). Peru: V Panduro-Correa (Huánuco, Hospital Regional Hermilio Valdizán Medrano), L Fuentes Rivera Lau (Lima, British American Hospital), CF Huaroto Landeo (Lima, Clinica Internacional), G Mendiola (Lima, Hospital Santa Rosa de Lima), Y Carpio Colmenares (Lima, SANNA - Clínica El Golf), C Shiraishi Zapata (Paita, Hospital I Miguel Cruzado Vera EsSalud), R Díaz-Ruiz (Piura, Jose Cayetano Heredia III Regional Hospital). Poland: Ł Nawacki (Kielce, Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony w Kielcach), M Kisielewski (Krakow, 5th Military Clinical Hospital), Z Orzeszko (Krakow, Brothers Hospitallers Hospital), M Matyja (Krakow, Jagiellonian University Medical College), W Krawczyk (Sosnowiec, Wojewódzki Szpiital Specjalistyczny nr 5 im. Św Barbary), M Walędziak (Warsaw, Military Institute Of Medicine), JK Zajac (Wroclaw, Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw), F Brzeszczyński (Łódź, Copernicus Memorial Hospital). Portugal: S Henriques (Almada, Hospital Garcia de Orta), J Frazão (Amadora, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, E. P. E. ), S Gaspar Reis (Barreiro, Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, EPE), AR Mateus Loureiro (Caldas da Rainha, Hospital das Caldas da Rainha - Centro Hospitalar do Oeste, E. P. E), M Reia (Elvas, Hospital Santa Luzia Elvas), J Pinho (Figueira da Foz, Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz), DG Alves (Funchal, Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça), R Silva Borges (Horta, Hospital da Horta, E. P. E. ), E Borges (Lisbon, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte), M Nunes (Matosinhos, Unidade Local de Saude de Matosinhos - Hospital Pedro Hispano), A Faustino (Ponta Delgada, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo), G Fialho (Portalegre, Hospital Doutor José Maria Grande), J Dias-Ferreira (Porto, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João), M Santos (Porto, Hospital da Prelada), J Marques Antunes (Santa Maria da Feira, Centro Hospitalar Entre o Douro e Vouga), H Devesa (Santarem, Hospital de Santarem), J Ricardo (Santiago do Cacém, Hospital do Litoral Alentejano), R Branquinho (Tomar, Centro Hospitalar Médio Tejo), J Fernandes (Vila Franca de Xira, Hospital Vila Franca de Xira), J Pereira-Macedo (Vila Nova de Famalicao, Centro Hospitalar do Medio Ave), B Vieira (Vila Real, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, E. P. E. ). Qatar: CE Guldogan (Doha, Turkish Hospital). Romania: ST Makkai-Popa (Brasov, Regina Maria), F Grama (Bucharest, Coltea Clinical Hospital), EA Toma (Bucharest, Elias Emergency Hospital), I Negoi (Bucharest, Emergency Clinical Hospital Bucharest), M Muresan (Cluj-Napoca, Medicover Hospital Cluj). Russian Federation: V Kakotkin (Kaliningrad, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Regional Clinical Hospital), A Bedzhanyan (Moscow, Petrovsky National Research Centre of Surgery), S Katorkin (Samara, Hospital Surgery Clinic of Samara State Medical University), A Butyrskii (Simferopol, Municipal Emegency Hospital No. 6), V Ten (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Private healthcare institution ‘RZD-Medicine’). Rwanda: N Christian (Huye, Gisagara, Butare university teaching hospital (CHUB)), C Mpirimbanyi (Kigali, Kibagabaga Hospital), A Costas-Chavarri (Kigali, Rwanda Military Hospital). 10 Saudi Arabia: N Alzerwi (Al-Majmaah, King Khalid General Hospital), A Shabkah (Jeddah, International Medical Center), A Nawawi (Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University Hospital), N Alzerwi (Riyadh, King Salman Hospital in Riyadh), S Chowdhury (Riyadh, King Saud Medical City), DY Alalawi (Tabuk, King Salman Armed Forces Hospital), S Awad (Taif City, King Faisal Medical Complex). Serbia: A Karamarkovic (Belgrade, Zvezdara University Medical Center). Slovenia: JA Košir (Ljubljana, University Medical Centre). South Africa: M Flint (Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital), A Victor (Cape Town, Karl Bremer Hospital), SS Verhage (Cape Town, Khayelitsha District Hospital), F Gool (Cape Town, Mitchell’s Plain District Hospital), T Mabogoane (Cape Town, Victoria Hospital Wynberg), B Phakathi (Durban, King Edward VIII Hospital), V Pillay (Durban, Stanger Hospital), R Jayakrishnan (East London, Cecilia Makiwane Hospital), Y Manickchund (East London, Frere Hospital), O Jolayemi (Empangeni, Ngwelezana Hospital), H Stark (George, George Hospital), C Molewa (Johannesburg, Edenvale), H Wain (Pietermaritzburg, Edendale Hospital), D Montwedi (Pretoria, Kalafong Academic Hospital), G De Wee (Upington, Dr Harry Surtie Hospital), C Dempers (Worcester, Worcester Provincial Hospital). Spain: H Aguado López (Albacete, Hellín Hospital), MDM Martí-Ejarque (BARCELONA, Hospital Universitari Sagrat Cor), A Torroella (Barcelona, HM Nou Delfos), O Martin Sole (Barcelona, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu), A Landaluce-Olavarria (Bizkaia, Hospital Urduliz), V Alonso (Burgos, Hospital Universitario de Burgos), Á Fernández Camuñas (Ciudad Real, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real), M Estaire Gómez (Leganés, Severo Ochoa University Hospital), AG Barranquero (Lleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova), L Marquez (Madrid, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San Jose y Santa Adela), P Serrano Méndez (Madrid, Hospital Clinico San Carlos), A Vilar (Madrid, Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias), J Guevara (Madrid, Hospital Universitario la Paz), AM Minaya Bravo (Madrid, Hospital del Henares), JL Rodicio Miravalles (Oviedo, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA)), R Díaz Pedrero (Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Madrid, Hospital Universitario HM Rivas), L Tallon-Aguilar (Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio), A Curado Soriano (Seville, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena), Z Balciscueta (Valencia, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova), D Moro-Valdezate (Valencia, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia), B De Andrés-Asenjo (Valladolid, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid), A Vazquez Melero (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Hospital Universitario Araba), J Escartin (Zaragoza, Hospital Royo Villanova), C Gracia-Roche (Zaragoza, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet). Sri Lanka: S Srishankar (Anuradhapura, Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura), D Wickramasinghe (Colombo, National Hospital of Sri Lanka), U Jayarajah (Dehiwala, Colombo South Teaching Hospital), S Gobishangar (Jaffna, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna), W Wijenayake (Werahera, University Hospital, Kotelawala Defence University). Sudan: I Abdalla (Ed Dueim, Ed Dueim Teaching Hospital), S Ibrahim Tour Harakan (El Geneina, El Geneina teaching Hospital), MM Yassin (Gadarif city, Gadarif teaching hospital), Z Aljalabi (Kassala, Police hospital), I Adel (Khartoum, Bashair Teaching Hospital), IMG Ahmed (Khartoum, Ibrahim Malik Teaching Hospital), M Hajalamin (Khartoum, Omdurman Teaching Hospital), EE Abuobaida Banaga 11 Hag El Tayeb (Khartoum, Ribat university hospital), HA Fadlalmola (Khartoum, Soba University Hospital), E Alkhalifa (Wad Madani, University of Gezira Hospital). Sweden: H Zaigham (Malmö, Skåne University Hospital), M Nikberg (Vasteras, Västmanlands Hospital Västerås). Switzerland: P Probst (Frauenfeld, Spital Thurgau AG), E Gialamas (Geneva, Geneva University Hospitals), J Gass (Luzern, Luzerner Kantonsspital), A Tampakis (Olten, Kantonsspital Olten), G Peros (Winterthur, Kantonsspital Winterthur), MA Schneider (Zurich, University Hospital of Zurich). Syrian Arab Republic: MA Farho (Aleppo, Abd Al Wahab Agha Hospital), AA Kayali (Aleppo, AlShahbaa Private Hospital), M Aloulou (Aleppo, Aleppo Private Hospital), A Ghazal (Aleppo, Aleppo University Hospital), B Alsaid (Damascus, Al assad university hospital), M Klib (Damascus, AlMouwasat University Hospital), H Dalati (Damascus, Children’s University Hospital), S Jomaa (Damascus, Damascus Hospital), Y Alhammoud (Homs, Al-Basel Specialized Hospital in Karm ElLouz), S Abbas (Homs, The Military Hospital), G Hneino (Latakia, Al Saydeh Surgical Hospital), I Ali (Latakia, National Hospital), G Bashour (Latakia, Othaman Hospital), A Hammed (Latakia, Tishreen University Hospital). Thailand: S Techapongsatorn (Bangkok, Vajira hospital). Togo: F Alassani (Lomé, CHU Sylvanus Olympio). Tunisia: A Sebai (Tunis, La Rabta Hospital). Turkey: GC Bulbuloglu (Adana, Adana Seyhan State Hospital), MA Koç (Ankara, Ankara University Medical School), MY Uzunoglu (Bursa, Bursa City Hospital), B Yigit (Elazig, Elazig Fethi Sekin City Hospital), AN Sanli (Gaziantep, Abdulkadir Yuksel State Hospital), GK Kurtoglu (Istanbul, Acibadem Altunizade Hospital), E Tuzuner (Istanbul, Acibadem Maslak Hospital), Y Altinel (Istanbul, Bagcilar Research And Training Hospital), ÖP Zanbak Mutlu (Istanbul, Bahçelievler State Hospital), RE Sönmez (Istanbul, Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Medicine), S Bektas (Istanbul, Istanbul Medipol University Hospital), E Erginöz (Istanbul, Istanbul universty - Cerrahpaşa Medical faculty), A Özcan (Istanbul, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital), Y Tosun (Istanbul, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital), İH Özata (Istanbul, Koç University Medical School), TK Uprak (Istanbul, Marmara University, School of Medicine), E Unal (Istanbul, Sehit Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital), N Kiziltoprak (Istanbul, Sultan 2. Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences), M Ergenç (Istanbul, Sultanbeyli State Hospital), MT Demirpolat (Istanbul, University of Health Science Umraniye Education and Research Hospital), B Citgez (Istanbul, Uskudar University Faculty of Medicine, Memorial Hospital), H Ulman (Izmir, Bakircay University Cigli Training and Research Hospital), YK Şen (Izmir, University of Health Sciences Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital), E Colak (Samsun, Samsun University Samsun Training and Research Hospital), N Kavak (Zonguldak, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University School of Medicine Research and Training Hospital), E Kamer (İzmir, University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital). Uganda: I Mubezi (Iganga, Iganga district hospital), H Lule (Kigumba, Kiryandongo Hospital), S Stonelake (Luwero, Kiwoko Hospital). 12 United Kingdom: CS Ong (Bangor, North Wales, Ysbyty Gwynedd), P Patel (Barrow in Furness, Furness General Hospital), S Dindyal (Basildon, Basildon University Hospital), F Georgiades (Bedford, Bedford Hospital), J Abbasy (Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital), M Kaur (Brighton, Royal Sussex County Hospital), B Martin (Bristol, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children), M Chauhan (Camberley, Frimley Health NHS FT - Frimley Park), S Ahmed (Chester, Countess of Chester Hospital), M Tutton (Colchester, Colchester Hospital University), N Chidumije (Coventry, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust), W Al-Khyatt (Derby, Royal Derby Hospital), A Sukumar (Dudley, Russell’s Hall Hospital), H Kamal (Dundee, Ninewells Hospital), A Nada (Durham, University Hospital North Durham), A Chaudhary (Exeter, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital), M Bogdan (Great Yarmouth, James Paget Univeristy NHS Foundation Trust Hospital), M Peter (Huddersfield, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary), J Walshaw (Hull, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust), M Ewedah (Ilford, King George Hospital), L Rampersad (Larbert, Forth Valley Royal Hospital), A Peckham-Cooper, NS Blencowe (Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals), R Lunevicius (Liverpool, Aintree University Hospital), P Panahi (London, Ealing Hospital), E Baili (London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals), K Theodoropoulou (London, Homerton University Hospital), P Kapsampelis (London, Kingston), MMH Mohammed (London, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich), C Parmar (London, The Whittington Hospital), University Hospital Lewisham), C Smart (Macclesfield, Macclesfield District General Hospital), P Wilson (Manchester, Wythenshawe Hospital), F Gareb (Margate, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital Margate), G Sundaram Venkatesan (Middlesbrough, James Cook University Hospital), C Hidalgo Salinas (Morecambe, Royal Lancaster Infirmary), S Tingle (North Shields, Northumbria NHS Hospital Trust), N Marzouqa (Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre), T Theivendrampillai (Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital), M Zahed Abdalla (Portsmouth, Queen Alexandra Hospital), A Rahman (Redhill, East Surrey Hospital), M Abdelkarim (Rhyl, Glan Clwyd Hospital), O Whitehurst (Salford, Salford Royal Hospital), E Tokidis (Sheffield, Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust), S Bandyopadhyay (Southampton, Southampton General Hospital), B Al-Sarireh (Swansea, Morriston Hospital Swansea), A Salam (Walsall, Walsall Manor Hospital). United States: M Sulciner (Boston, Brigham and Women’s Hospital), G Chang (Chicago, IL, Mount Sinai Hospital), A Alecci (Chicago, IL, Rush University Medical Centre), HE Rice (Durham, NC, Duke University Medical Center), D Ridder (Honolulu, Hawaii, The Queen’s Medical Center), K McKenzie (Jamaica, Jamaica Hospital), A Choudhry (Syracuse, SUNY Upstate University Hospital). Yemen, Rep. : MY Abdualqader (Hajjah, Kowaydina hospital), B Alshaikh (Sana’a, Al-Thawra Modern General Hospital). Collaborators (listed by country and city): Albania: B Ibi, S Faber (Korca, University hospital Koco Gliozheni). Algeria: K Bensmain, ZR Benamrouche, IE Boumakhlouf, IE Boudis, H Abdoun, M Benamrouche, M Saidani (Algiers, Z Djama, A Chied, HA Mimouni (Constantine, university 13 hospital abdelhamid ben badis), AK Awad, B Radja, B Abdennour, MN Bouhafs, MEA Meghaizerou (Oran, EHU-1st November 1954). Argentina: P Carmignani, J Mondino, R Figueroa, J Morales, FR Pascual (Allende, Cordoba, MA Bequis, F Suldrup, C Korzin, J Napoli, N Feijoo, F Mahnic, ME Duran, L Chantada, C Brandi, JF Viñas, F Lucero, C Samojeden, LJ Caram, S Bertone, F Corvatta (Buenos Aires, L Garciandia (Buenos Aires, M Rius, S Matthiess, J Paredes, MC Kalaydjian, A Veira (Buenos Aires, MA Fernández Zurita, JI Valenzuela (City of Buenos Aires, S Gomez, GR Viscido, MA Doniquian (Cordoba, R Badra, JS García, CI Ferrero, M Garcia, L Granero (Cordoba, M Pagani (San Francisco, Clinica Regional del Este). Aruba: M Gosselink, J Ringers (Oranjestad, Dr. Horacio E Oduber Hospital). Australia: M Lie, B Mao, C Stennard, EMA Murphy, JE Do, M Harris, B Fosh (Adelaide, M Watson, J Petric, M Maclean, XY Po, M Pham, D Patterson, V Gunasaegaram, E Hopping, P Holt, E Schmidt, R Colbran (Brisbane, V Liu, E Tan, JST Tefay, R Shen, D Mitchell, M Kelly, A Edmundson (Brisbane, H Iswariah, R Franz, M Chandrasegaram, P Yuide, SS Hlaing (Brisbane, S Abeykoon, D Kaushal (Campbelltown, C Leung (Canberra, S Davis, NF Franco (Canberra, T Rawther, R McClen, W Petrushnko, E Roussos, K Das (Coffs Harbour NSW, S Stevens, F Alnimri, S McClintock, J Maritz (Colac, S Hariharan, S Laura, B Wang, V Ng, J Linker, A Li, I Dong, R Bhatia, S Cai, WKH Lai, SYD Chia, M Binks, N Tran, SHM Ng, D Shen, EWY Lun, E Reid, J Cui, M Roussos (Gosford, M Issa, M Anandan, P Devlin, U Naidoo (Hamilton, B Balaravi Pillai, D Abeysirigunawardana, T Parker, T Valizadeh Elizeh (Melbourne, D Liu, S Ng, J Jones, O Ladlow, JV Maida, D Proud, A Vu, N Shulman, L Bromley, V Muralidharan, K Hall, C Cheong, C Jamieson-Grigg (Melbourne, A Hilder, T Manickam, L Barnard (Melbourne, K Jaffry, A Gray, A Lim, R Kattini (Melbourne, M Bickford, S Kenworthy (Melbourne, A Crowe, J Zhu (Melbourne, M Pacilli, A Comella, K Taghavi, R Nataraja, SJA Robinson (Melbourne, D Lowen, A Khan, S Samadi, S Tan, AL Surkitt, S Condron, E Haege, E Francis, A Boynes, S Gill, B D’Souza, H Xiao, E Fraser, J Wong, S Fennelly, K Mori, M Muir, Y Huang, R Pajtak (Melbourne, J You, C Banal, T Abelman, N Chen, L Chong, H Jalilehvand, W Santucci, B McKay (Melbourne, I Murshed, D Makary, L Green, M Wichmann, M Kang, EA Dontoh (Mount Gambier, P Walker, A Fani, S Sundararajan, E Downes, A Davis, M Bajwa, R Geow, KK Sim (Mount Nasura, S Smith, L Peters, S Zhang, ACK Cheung, I Caitens (Newcastle, M Ishak, E Zhang, KKA Yu, L Beukes, L Kang, F Amico (Newcastle, M Bowles, E Downing, B Williams, G Cox, V Bakshi 14 (Robina, N Ensor (Sale, J Ng, CT Petcu, J Hwang (Southport, TJ Hugh, S Quoy, C Knee, D Siriwardena, C Tung, G Smith (Sydney, O Camilleri, J Vu, J Hong, E Chan, C Killoran, J Mackenzie, D Fry (Toowoomba, V Mahendravarman, A Shanmugalingam, C Li, L Allan, P Shivashankar, H Pleass (Westmead, V Lin, R McGee, B Bereket Araya, CW Un, Y De Silva, D Maan, J Wang, M Kwon, R Kibuuka, J Chew, J Siu, J Barklimore (Wyong, Wyong Public Hospital). Austria: N Klammer, R Schmidt-Branden, P Tschann, P Horvath (Feldkirch, N Koter, G Moitzi, E Wallner, C Allmer, J Kahn, A Belarmino, R Sucher, V Wolfschluckner, G Singer (Graz, R Függer, M Biebl, A Punzengruber, H Fehrer (Linz, A Binder, E Haiden, P Riedl, M Enßlin (Tulln, Universitätsklinikum Tulln). Bangladesh: K Nahar, T Akter (Dhaka, A Oosterkamp (Dinajpur, Lamb Hospital). Benin: G Gbessi, J Avakoudjo, M Fiogbe, P Assouto, SP Chigblo (Cotonou, H Aouagbe Behanzin, M Seto, G Mevognon (Cotonou, M Agbadebo, A Hada, SFA Houndji (Dassa-Zoumè, AB Yevide, ZF Tamou, E Hatangimana, B Cakpo, R Soglonou (Klouékanme, TK Hessou, SR Tobome, M Zounon (Natitingou, AM Hodonou, F Hounde, R Alinde (Parakou, F Dossou, R Goudou, ACS Toi, G Natchagande (Porto Novo, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire et Departemental Oueme Plateau). Bosnia and Herzegovina: M Stjepanovic (Doboj, O Čančar, M Pejović (Foča, J Miskovic, M Boras, M Kajic, V Dragisic, Z Brekalo, I Mikulic, N Soldo, M Bevanda, M Faletar (Mostar, M Salibašić, E Hodžić, E Halilović, M Kruščica, E Bičakčić (Sarajevo, A Cerovac, H Škiljo, O Bedak, M Kalabić, E Begunić (Tešanj, A Huremovic, E Alić (Tuzla, University Clinical Center Tuzla). Brazil: RA Tenfen Carneiro (Francisco Beltrão, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná). Bulgaria: D Georgiev, I Fidoshev, V Neykov, E Daleva, I Ilieva (Pleven, M Karamanliev, D Dimitrov, A Shanker, P Vladova, MD Shoshkova, A Mehta, M Abdullahi, V Ratheesh, V Kamalathevan, C Wiesner, S Shittu, M Galasyuk, S Shanker (Pleven, M Imirski, A Soumpasis (Plovdiv, E Hadzhieva, D Chakarov (Plovdiv, T Yotsov, P Kamenova, A Vricheva, I Yotsov (Ruse, E Hristova, K Spassov (Sofia, Fifth City Hospital Sofia - 5th MBAL). Burkina Faso: A Sanou, M Windsouri, R Doamba, IW Bahikoro, AST Sanon (Ouagadougou, Tengandogo University Hospital). 15 Burundi: N Ildephonse, N Steve, Y Fulgence, GD Nibogora, C Nimbona, B Paul (Bujumbura, G Kazobinka, C Rukundo, N Renovat, E Ndizeye, M Dauphin (Bujumbura, FF Irakiza, L Niyidukunda, G Nkunguzi, N Oscar, N Theophile, B Révérien (Bujumbura, Prince Regent Charles Hospital). Cambodia: S Oum, S Eam (Battambang, Handa Medical Centre). Cameroon: NS Bibila, NN Cabrel, J Dongmo (Bamenda, Nkwen Baptist Hospital). Canada: R Spence, G Berger, D Hannedige, C Hoogerboord, A Abidali (Halifax, M Mozel, L Monteiro, R Lertnamvongwan, D Konkin, R Kaur (Port Moody, S MacKenzie, D Konkin (Vancouver, Royal Columbian Hospital). Chile: MM Modolo, E Sepúlveda, Á Molero, M Perez, LV Torres Bavestrello, ÓA Soublett Rivas, C Carrillo Sarango, L Paredes, P Sornoza, A Pinto, C González (Santiago, Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau). China: J Wang (Guangzhou, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University). Colombia: L García-Zambrano, PA Cabrera Rivera, N Paez, SV Agudelo Mendoza, MS Mosquera Paz, A Kadamani Abiyomaa, CF Roman Ortega, F Casas J, B Guerra (Bogota, JD Molina Marin, C Maya, C Vasquez Maya, B Dieck, F Zapata (Medellin, VA Ruiz López, MA Ñañez (Popayan, DC Cardona Gomez, A Rojas, DC Patiño García, LI Bolaños, C Pastás, DA Pérez Muñoz (Popayán, Hospital Universitario San José). Croatia: J Mihanovic, I Bacic, D Vukosav, V Žufić, O Jurić, E Dijan, N Jović, I Ćoza, I Rakvin, Z Katusic, T Soric, I Vidić, D Rukavina (Zadar, I Separovic, R Radojković, J Mavrek (Zagreb, University Hospital Centre Zagreb). Cyprus: M Theodoridou, A Pilavas, R Moukarzel, R Andreou, N Gouvas, K Lambri, S Charitonos, IC Mylona, G Kokkinos, N Dimitriou, MM El Ghoul Miliotou, V Ioannou, NA Ververidis, N Kalampokis, A Yiallourou, R Sokratous, D Tsiardas, P Evangelou, D Evripidou, C Thrasyvoulou (Nicosia, Nicosia General Hospital). Czech Republic: T Reichelt, P Hudáč (Decin, K Akter, L Moolla, F Rudisch, A Ibrahim Hassan, O Ahmad, E ELShennawy, M Shalaby, M Khaled, A Akiba, F Philips, E Bankart, R Elshennawy, A Al Kaddah, H Al Atassi, S Ashry, N Salgadoe (Hradec Kralove, L Majerčák, P Levíček, A Lukáč, L Pánči (Ivančice, J Roman, L Tulinsky, I Mrazkova, P Ostruszka, A Varga, L Martinek (Ostrava, H Novák, J Woleský, P Francúz (Prague, Motol University Hospital). Dominican Republic: R Rivas, B Calcaño, J Michel, Y Perez, R Ubiñas, P Garcia-Dubus, S Batista, S Strachan (Santo Domingo, Laboratorio y Telemedicina). Egypt: Y Tanas, Y Kerolous, Y El Okazy, M Mokhtar, M Lotfy, M AL Sayed, H Altabbaa, AGMM Abouelnagah, O Al Shaqran, D M. Awad, A Sabry, G Nagy, E Amer, M Khalil, A El Shamarka, B Sharaf eldin, AAA Aboshosha, A Farrag, H Sherif Farouk Ahmed Hassan, Y Badr (Alexandria, Y Orabi, M Kamal matter, A Alrifaee (Alexandria, Alexandria 16 Medical Research Institute), M Elnour, M Zahran, A Aladl, M Bahnacy, Y Seada, M Kotb, A Ragab, Y Farag, L Khalifa, M Elmiesiry, D Abdalaziz, I Maharem, O AbouHiekal, O Hany, S Hanna, Y Dean, A Faisal (Alexandria, M Mostafa, I Ali, T Sabra, H Ibrahim, A K. Ali, M Osman, A Eltayeb (Assiut, A Morad, MO Herdan, A Abdelshafi, M M. Nathan, M Shalkamy, M Hamada Takrouney, R Sayad, FA Monib, A A Elhars, MM Saad, A Rashad Temerik, AM Abbas, O Mohamed Mokbel, E AbdElBaset, A Barakat, Z Bady, S Arafa, Z Osama, A Elzanaty, S Salama (Assiut, MEM Madany (Aswan, A Khaity, R Adel Diab, A Ghazal, A Ehab, A Abd Elsattar (Cairo, A El-bastwesy (Cairo, A Eisa, M Elesseily, R Radwan, Y Asar, D Waleed, S Tawfik, AF Nixon Fulli, MJI Albert, A Autiak Ayii Chol, AR AbdelHalim, B Azhar, H Al-derume, M Alqadasi, N Alasbahi (Cairo, H Abozied, Y Ashour, Y Mohamed, M Abdelmaboud, H Abdelazim, AES El kady, M Omar, A Haty, M Abd Al-Fattah, I Tagreda, IM Kereet, AG Montaser, M Faisal, M Masoud, M ElSayed Metwally (Cairo, ASM Abdelrahman, S Mansour (Cairo, A Nabil, MMA Marei, A Elmosalamy, L ElGebaly, AM Allam, T Awad, H Taher, K Fayed, M Abdelfattah, DH Khattab, N Ali, A Saleh, K Nassim, NK Aly, I Abo Elhagag, M Doss, M Elzayat, Y Samer Morsy, M ElFiky (Cairo, M Erfan, M Zaazou, M Reda, M Kouta, M Mohamad Amin, I Guirguis, H Amir, S Aboseif, M Abdelhafez, O Agha, A Khairy, A Dawoud, M Hamoud Almahly, S Mostafa Yassin, A El-Sherbiney, A Adel, H Foda, D Ahmed, AS Elkhodary, AA Mansour (Giza, A Elghrieb, M Natey, A Elshazli Mahmoud, A Khalleefah, H Elfeki, M Sadek, M Abdelmaksoud, M Waseem, A Azam, A Sakr, A Sanad, عبدالفتاح م) Mansoura, H Foad, S Elnoamany, S Selim, DS Alrokh, A Hassanin (Menofia, M Alansary (Qena, A Ragheb, M Fahmy, M Mehanny (Sohag, AGE Aboelnasr, KMG Mohammed, M Eissa, S Allam, M Kamar (Tanta, Al Ahrar Zagazig Teaching Hospital). Ethiopia: F Terefe, WA Zerefa, E Gallo, A Yingess, T Kebede, M Mesfin, G Alemayehu, SM Djote, T Girma, DA Muhie (Addis Ababa, E Yeshialem, G Seyfu, F Tsige, A Yeshitila, N Solomon (Deberebirhan, M Worku, S Lakew, Y Melkamu, ST Workineh, M Beletachew (Dessie, B Mengesha, G Getachew, I Tesfahun, M Teressa, BG Chiman, Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital), N S. Bayleyegn, YY Metaferia, TG Moges, D Mengiste, A Teshome Sahilemariam (Jimma, B Sime, T Jemal (Yirgalem, Yirgalem Hospital Medical College). France: E Volpin, H Braham, C Lionel, R Arena, Y Malki (Eaubonne, M Bertrand, A Castaldi, L Theuil, A L’Hostis, M Prudhomme (Nimes, P Riva, A Lapergola, D Mutter, S Perretta (Strasbourg, Nouvel Hopital Civil de Strasbourg). Gabon: PC Nze Obiang (Libreville, Centre Hospitalier universitaire mère enfant Fondation Jeanne Ebori). 17 Georgia: Z Demetrashvili, G Devidze, G Pisarevi, L Petashvili, E Ekaladze, N Lekiashvili, I Pipia, A Tvaladze, G Kenchadze, K Khutsishvili (Tbilisi, N. Kipshidze Central University Clinic). Germany: LD Lee (Berlin, J Binder, A Denz, C Krautz, M Brunner, M Maak, GF Weber, A Stollberg, D Hackner, S Engel, F Krämer, R Grützmann (Erlangen, M Schüler, J Kleeff, R Rüdrich (Halle, A Kirschniak, J Rolinger, S Göller, L Van den Hil, J Miller, H Pehlivan (Moenchengladbach, M Kießler, N Hüser, D Schippers, M Berlet, M Steffani, M Weber (Munich, N Börner, M Albertsmeier, H Arbogast, M Mattis, S Jarmusch, P Zimmermann, U Wirth (Munich, F Anzinger (Munich, FG Bader, M Sohn, ML Koschke, M Busch, N Hielscher (München, A Brosin, J Lindert, M Philipp, M Gumsheimer, F Wiese (Rostock, L Sahan, GA Stavrou, J De Deken, M Jabal (Saarbruecken, MW Löffler, A Königsrainer, M Quante, C Yurttas (Tuebingen, University Hospital Tuebingen). Ghana: R Armah, NA Christian, D Daary, S Akuffo, A Twumasi, AD Andani, J Oppong, E Agbowada, J Daleku, J Ampadu, W Afedo, Z Robertson, A Obbeng, DN Lee, D Ofosuhene (Accra, GD Brown, F Osman, FJ Eshun, C Banka, I Amankwaa, E Ametefe, G Owusu, J Nyamekye - Baidoo, O Okrah, G Birikorang, P Kumassah, J Dei-Asamoa, J Annan, C Akli-Nartey, D Alifoe, S Tsatsu, C Ansah Larbi, U Una, K Yalley, KB Oduro-Boateng, S Anim, H Adjei, S Dognia, A Oppong, C Markin, JL Ahale, NKA Obuobi (Accra, S Agana, EB Akakpo, F Galley (Ankaful, S Segnitome, S Agordjor, D Adjei, D Kyeremeh, Y Sarpong, F Opoku Twene, CK Ntow-Boahen, SAA Atupra, V Siepaal, IN Bakaweri, AJ Tabiim, R Agyei Boakye, A Asare Twumasi (Berekum, R Akankoatuesi Apatewen, U Kanyan Kassim, B Owusu Ansah, F Amoako (Bolgatanga, V Kudoh, K Boakye-Acheampong, B Boakye, R Kpangkpari, MT Morna, GA Rahman, EO Ofori, L Adagrah Aniakwo, M Amoako-Boateng, D T. Enti, S Debrah, M Nortey, P Koggoh, P Mensah, MM Agyapong, T Agyen, V Etwire, Y Adofo-Asamoah, S Yussif, M Yigah (Cape-Coast, B Maanikuu, F Kuubetersob B. N, D Powell, A Gbeadese, F Tierenye (Damongo, EA Nachelleh, DYD Agbley, N Jiagge, R Akpaka, D Labadah, N Naabo, R Guzmán Lambert, P Ntem, E Setsoafia, N Affram, BY Hernandez Cervantes, DB Osei, K Ewool, F Nyarko, MA Ali, MA Oyortey, I Hagbevor, ME Ashong, JN Anyorigiya (Ho, J Yorke, A Lovi, EO Osei, PA Boateng, R Oppong-Amoah, K Agbedinu, C Dally, SG Brenu, F Galley, FM Agbemafoh, I Kyei, C Aboah, AY Appiah-Kubi, B Nimako, M Aikins, M Adinku, A Opoku-Agyapong, J Adjei, R Sagoe (Kumasi, A Gyedu, PK Boateng, S Mensah, E Frimpong-manso (Kumasi, P Taah-Amoako, S Tabiri (Nsawkaw, F Owusu, P Yeboah Owusu (Sunyani, EMT Yenli, AS Seidu, M Dason, M Amadu, GA Adoro, M Kyereh, I Osman, J Quansah, C Doku, A Darkwa Boateng, AM Muntaka, MA Dokurugu, R Nesco, M Yahaya, EDF Konlan, A Issaka, RA Ramirez Calas, M Sheriff, M Dery, V Dassah (Tamale, BK Seshie, F 18 Caiquo, M Dum, L Ackam, FDA Agbodo, A Baiden Amissah, D Ashitey, LD Bray, J Ofori, M Ishak (Tema, Walewale Government Hospital). Greece: I Gogoulis, K Bekiaridou, A Mitsala, S Botaitis, C Tsalikidis, M Asimakidou, C Nikolaou, E Efremidou, C Limas, P Chloropoulou, M Aggelidou, M Pitiakoudis, P Kostoglou, G Pappas Gogos, M Karanikas (Alexandroupolis, E Kapasakis, M Karakeke, A Skarpas, C Floros, K Athanassiou, E Karakeke (Amfissa, N Tasis, A Sarafi, A Plastiras, G Kavalieratos, T Tsirlis (Athens, L Chardalias, N Memos, V Themelidi, I Papaconstantinou, T Theodosopoulos, D Politis, K Iliakopoulos, K Bramis, P Antonakis, A Skreka, D Kotsaris, N Dafnios, A Vezakis, I Contis, T Petropoulou, KC Kordeni, T Kozonis, G Fragulidis, D Massaras (Athens, E Apostolopoulos, I Karatsolis, A Mourtzouni, K Avgerinos, D Kelgiorgi, K Polychronopoulos, G Kostoulas, A Tsechpenakis, A Saridaki (Athens, A Ioannidis, C Chouliaras, I Tierris, MK Konstantinidis (Athens, DK Manatakis, D Balalis, N Stamos, V Kalles (Athens, T Sidiropoulos, M Papadoliopoulou, N Arkadopoulos, D Sampanis, P Vassiliu, E Dylja, AI Nikolaou, I Margaris, P Kokoropoulos, V Tsaousis, S Christodoulou, E Poulios, A Chamzin (Athens, S Kapiris, E Mavrodimitraki, M Sotiropoulou, N Dimitrokallis, N Papadogianni, V Vougas, M Papamichail, K Rekouna, K Pavlopoulos, N Roukounakis, A Thanasa, P Trakosari, M Christou, E Saitoglou (Athens, C Nastos, D Dellaportas, P Lykoudis, N Garmpis, G Kouraklis (Athens, P Christodoulou, G Kapogiannatos, A Nikitaras, SM Tsoti, J Katogiritis (Athens, EC Tampaki, C Papazacharias, O Bellou (Athens, N Machairas, P Dorovinis, C Doudakmanis, D Schizas, A Syllaios, MD Keramida, P Stamopoulos, S Davakis, M Despotidis, A Panagakis, S Kykalos, F Stavratis, M Vailas, L Karydakis, N Kydonakis, A Loizou, KS Giannakopoulos, P Sakarellos, A Kozadinos, I Katsaros (Athens, C Damaskos, E Antoniou, M Mavri, I Psilopatis, S Vernadakis, I Bokos, P Paraskeva, D Vardakostas, I Gomatos, A Barlas, A Smyrnis, D Prevezanos, NN Mathioudakis, I Kozadinos, P Kanavidis, N Garmpis (Athens, E Spartalis, M Spartalis (Athens, C Stefanou, S Gkogkos, L Fountoulis, I Sougkas, M Billis, A Kontokostopoulos, A Balta, T Padioti, MA Sotiriou, A Theochari (Filiates, N Tsakiridis, I Tsakiridis, E Synekidou (Florina, E Athanasopoulou, C Ntagkas, E Samara, A Katsiou (Ioannina, D Panagopoulos, A Panagopoulos, L Katsiaras (Kyparissia, C Kolla, L Mansour, G Koukoulis, S Zourntou, D Papageorgouli, K Bouliaris, LI Fountarlis, M Bei, AA Kalidis, X Vagena, A Gkouniaroudi, A Migdanis, A Bakalis, E Gavriil (Larissa, K Koumarelas, MN Kouliou (Larrisa, K Bouchagier, F Mulita, G Verras, G Skroubis, I Maroulis (Patras, V Mousafeiris, A Panagidis (Patras, A Papadopoulos, P Grivas, F Spanos, A Kalogeropoulou, G Zeringa, C Kourouniotis, G Rados, E Barkolias, K Zakkas, I Demiris, V Nikolaou, K Tata, G Karakaidos (Piraeus, General Hospital of 19 Nikaia), E Kontis, E Papamattheou, A Efstathiou, E Efstathiou, N Kopanakis, K Ntatsis, I Katsaros, P Manikis, V Tselepidis, M Kyriazi (Piraeus, I Siannis, N Kouzakos, V Georgilaki, N Vlachakos, S Vederaki, A Tsiaka, A Zarafidou, N Zampitis, S Tsatsos, F Stefou, F Kyramargios, M Merrakos, G Bekakos, A Marinis (Piraeus, O Ioannidis, E Anestiadou, K Zapsalis, S Simeonidis, S Bitsianis (Thessaloniki, M Drogouti, A Gkoutoula, A Sarakatsanos, E Efthymiou, I Chatzis (Thessaloniki, I Spyridakis, C Kaselas, M Tsopozidi, M Florou, C Demiri, V Papadopoulos, D Giakoustidis, A Giakoustidis, D Alexandrou, P Chatzikomnitsa (Thessaloniki, SC Liapis, K Perivoliotis, C Chatzinikolaou, N Tsantikos, ZR Karampotaki, Achillopoyleio General Hospital of Volos). Guatemala: M Aguilera-Arevalo, M Rodríguez-Ordoñez, DA Sosa Méndez, M Sebastián-Mendoza, TA Salazar-Lorenzana, R Herrera, DE Reyes Rodríguez, P Vásquez, S Morales, J Gomez, C García-Salas, JR Asturias Luna, J Tabora-Zepeda, S Vasquez, JR Hernández, JOM Herrera Batres, D Muñoz, E Ayala, O Coyoy-Gaitán (Guatemala City, JB Pellecer Cano, DA Palma Portillo, M Blanco (Guatemala City, D Herrera, SA Villeda, O Lima Azurdia (Guatemala City, Hospital de Referencia Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias). India: S Jp, M Bhat, A Raheja, I Shariff, H Anand, B R Budihal, S Kashyap, B Arya, Y M S, N Krishnappa (Bangalore, Karnataka, M Manangi, P Anandan, S Shivashankar chikkanayakanahalli, TS Mishra, P Kumar, M Gureh, MK Sethi, AA Asharaf (Bhubaneswar, Y Sakaray, S Irrinki, S Subbiah Nagaraj, S Khare, C Tandup (Chandigarh, India) M K B, AB Muthunayagam, A Prasath S V, P Arunachalam, P John (Coimbatore, S Raul, R Vakil, R Sinha, E Dvivedi, A Thomas, S Joseph, A Sharma, B Khan, D Chatterjee (DELHI, R Gupta, A Khanduri, S Singh, DH Tyagi, U Daspal, N Rawal, R Varshney (Dehradun, M Luthra, R Handa, S Basu, P Chadha, R Sethi (Delhi, T Longkumer, KK Mishra, S Sundaramurthy, S Kumar, D Phom, J Kaippally, D Ommi, L Imchen, T Alinger (Dimapur, A Chhabra, A Kumar (Faridkot, B Kharga, M Sarda, K Bhutia (Gangtok, N Sharma, MS Rodha, N Banerjee, A Baksi, S Kaur, R Chaudhary, M Lodha, SP Meena, M Badkur, I Singh, A Sinha, KJ Rathod, R Saxena, J Tk, A Vig, M Pathak, A Sukhdev Jadhav, S Nayak, T Motiwala, K Shreyas (Jodhpur, SR Pathan, J Rathod, C Agarwal, K Sharma, S Pandya (Karamsad, A Anand, A Kumar, HS Pahwa, AA Sonkar, MK Agrawal, AK Pal (Lucknow, D Jain, V Michael, W Bhatti, DRS Thind, A Bhatt, P Gupta, A Luther, S Khurana, RR Ranadive, H Kaur, S D A, P Shukla (Ludhiana, NK Chaudhry, DA Hajela, P Patel, PK Arya, DD Dhawan, DR Tripathi, KK Luthra, DH Gupta (Ludhiana, Satguru Partap Singh 20 Hospital), A Mathew, C Pun, P Dummala, M Gurung (Madhepura, P Alexander, N Aruldas (Manali, PS Prabhu, S Payyanur Thotan, B L, B Sv (Manipal, RD Sharma, R Redkar, R Nathani, S Karmarkar, S Achugatla, A Bangar, DD Kulkarni, K Raghuwanshi, DN Nikam, SN Mahendra (Mumbai, B Sarang, D Belekar, K Gaikwad (Mumbai, A John, PA Thomas, L Pramod, D Gavit, N Kansakar, N Gupta, N Kapur, N Narain (New Delhi, T Rashid, M Husain, F Tauheed, SV Manzoor, S Ohri (New Delhi, L Bains, P Lal, S Neogi, A Mishra, S Ahuja (New Delhi, T Iahmo, M George, M Singh, P Waghchoure, A Choudhrie (Padhar, M Aggarwal, V Kanna D, S Vembar, TP Singh, DS Walia, V Singh, G Kaur, A Jindal, P Dhamija (Patiala, M Kumar, AK Jha, M Sharma, A Bhadani (Patna, R Abhinaya, U Kumbhar, A Jain, S Chilaka, S P (Pondicherry, VS Jha, A Jayapalan, Y Vashishth, G Jalal, VV Nair, C Raphael, HK Prabhakar, Z Khan (Pune, D Dugar, D Mohanty, TDB Tridip, DR Ramchandani (Raipur, N Kumar, AG Goswami, H Panga, D Mallik, A Gupta, D Rajput, R Anjum T Siddeek, P Manjunath, S Edem, F Huda, SK Singh, S Karuppusamy Krishnasamy, S Katragadda, KMR Reddy, I Ahmed, E Yhoshu, L Manoj Joshua, A Das, P Kothari (Rishikesh, K Singh, SS Malhi, R Kaur, HK Cheema, N Saini, M Gupta, A Bhatti, P Kaur, N Pahuja, S Chopra, B Sehgal, G Singh (SAS Nagar (Mohali), DS Kshirsagar, M Kaple, G Saxena, S Dhole, A Bhargava, C Mahakalkar, S Deshpande (Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, R Wani, RA Dar, AA Malik, N Bhat, ZA Shah, GA Bhat (Srinagar, Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences), S Kondpan, A Kutma, A Sundaram, K J B, R Krishna raj, G George, M Chisthi, H Jafarkhan, I P s, U Govindan, MKL K S D, C Narayan, G Pillai, VV Kollengode, D Jabbar (Thiruvananthapuram, T Tony V, A Nair, A Kavalakat, A Moncy, A Johnson, A Joseph, A Appukuttan, A J, AN Oommen, S Francis, S M, N Srinivas, M Narayanan (Thrissur, T Devabalan Koil, MR Jesudason, Y Myla, ASP Dhinakar, A Tirkey, B Roopavathana. S, R Mittal, S Surendran, N Paul Ambrose, D Joshiba, P Trinity, R Raghunath, NP Paul Sigamony, PY George, R Philip Sridhar, S Chase, SJ Arthur (Vellore, M Pourfridoni, H Askarpour, H Mohammadi sardoo, AA Kheirkhah Vakilabad, M Ali-Hassanzadeh (Jiroft, Z Alkhuzaie, S Salim, FRH Hassooni (Najaf, Y Zwain, HMA Oneizah, S Razaq, M Razaq, HHZ . zaini (Najaf, Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Teaching Hospital). 21 Ireland: E Colton, KE Oderoha, A Gill, S Ramjit, F Ghazali, K Griffin, R Ahmed, C Weadick, S Nair, V Sharma, C Donohoe (Dublin, R Tummon, B Maguire, S Wrenn, R Habib, P Owens (Kerry, University Hospital Kerry). Israel: A Shweiki, G Szydlo Shein, G Almogy, Y Mintz, A Pikarsky, R Elazary, O Cohen-Arazi, JA Demma, H Mahajna, B Helou, Y Fishman, G Marom (Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Center). Italy: M De Prizio, K Kröning, R Sulce, LM Fatucchi, F Tofani, V Mariottini, R Malatesti, M Scricciolo, GA Pellicano’, A D’Ignazio, A Mazzoni, A Biancafarina, M Angelini, V Borgogni (Arezzo, L Rossi, G Munzi, G Tarantino, M Castrovillari, A Serao, JR Casella Mariolo, G Del Corpo, A Natili, A Iodice (Ariccia, S Gargiulo, B Esposito, M Pannullo, L Bracciano, E Marra, A Alberico (Aversa, A Gori, S Cardelli, G Dajti, C Larotonda, IS Russo (Bologna, J Andreuccetti, S Molfino, D Alberti, G Pignata, G Emiliani, G Boroni, M Ruffoli, M Manfredini, L Sequi, G Zanni (Brescia, E Locci, M Podda, V Murzi, C Piras, A Carta, A Pisanu, T Pilia, P Marongiu, A Saba, M Pisano, F Campus, E Gessa, E Silanos, A Lai, F Frongia, F Corronca, S Montisci (Cagliari, F Cappellacci, C Soddu, GL Canu, F Medas, PG Calò, S Puddu, M Biancu, M Abbas, F Casti (Cagliari, B Demurtas, A Deserra, F D’Agostino, C Margiani (Cagliari, L Laface, M Casati, M Mariani, S Guarriello, A Balconi (Carate Brianza (MB), B Scotto, N Laquatra, R Ruccella, G De Angeli (Carpi, G Gravante, A Chiappini, R Lopatriello, G Mammolo (Casarano, C Distefano, G Riccioli, R Granata, M Veroux, DC Centonze, S Costa, R Gioco, D Zerbo, A Licciardello, L Stella (Catania, L Rende, M Osso, D Paglione, F Pata (Cosenza, D Sasia, G Giraudo, D Ribero, S Alberti, V Schirinzi (Cuneo, P Belotti, L Taglietti (Esine, V Giordano, A Pesce, CV Feo, MC Pignanelli, S Severi (Ferrara, F Cammelli, F Natali, M Scheiterle, G Maltinti, L Fortuna, F Coratti, A Manetti, J Martellucci, E Monati (Firenze, L Gabellini, R Fratarcangeli, A Damigella, E Adinolfi, A Anastasi (Firenze, M Montagna, A Giuliani, G Procaccini, N Tartaglia, F Vovola, D Merlicco, S Schirone, ST Massa, G Pavone, F Maffei, A Gerundo (Foggia, D Di Pietrantonio, S Quartarone, L Solaini, G Ercolani, L Ragazzini, V Zucchini (Forlì, MorgagniPierantoni), M Cammelli, D Scotto Di Carlo, FAN Marin (Garbagnate Milanese, A Azzinnaro, A Razzore, A Petrungaro, E Mina, B Sperotto (Genoa, G Carganico, D Pertile, D Soriero (Genoa, R Diaz, A Luzzi, S Carrabetta, C Meola, D Caruso, F Floris, P Grondona, E Romairone, S Marzorati, F Ré, C Righetti, A Viacava, L Epis (Genoa, R Sampietro, D Gobatti, C Zandonella (Gravedona ed Uniti, VP Dinuzzi, U Rivolta, S Luciano, GMF Marini, L Scaravilli (Magenta, R Magarini, G Saletta, AC Sironi, G Grava, M Mercurio (Melzo, Ospedale Santa Maria 22 delle Stelle, ASST Melegnano Martesana), D Zulian, A Izzo, M Gritti, S Giudici, E Desiato (Milan, M Molteni, L Ottaviani (Milan, G Grande, E Mazzotta (Milan, S Grimaldi (Milan, F Brucchi, F Ferraina, S Lauricella (Milan, E Di Marco (Modica, LC Nespoli, G De Carlo, EA Baccalini, D Palmisano, A Scacchi, N Tamini, L Ripamonti, M Rennis, C Vitiello, A Davolio, L Degrate, P Masseria, V Brocco, P Chiacchio, M Ceresoli, E Signaroli, A Finocchio, C Fumagalli, M Binda (Monza, M Milone, M Manigrasso, S Vertaldi, A D’Amore, GD De Palma, A Marello, L Fedele, C Sorrentino, D Pignatelli, G Luglio, FP Tropeano, M Cricrì, A Miele, G Aprea, G Palomba, M Capuano, R Basile, G Sorrentino (Naples, D Rega, A Ottaiano, V Granata, A Belli, F Izzo (Naples, G Pellino, D Massaro, V Mosca, G Bellio, L Rubin, N De Santis, N Schiavon, A Zerbinati, S Corso, C Cecconi (Padova, P Venturelli, G Cocorullo, G Carollo, R Tutino, A Bonelli, G Salamone, MP Proclamà, R Guercio, L Licari, N Finocchiaro, G Graziano, G Orlando, G Guercio, M Marcianò, G Galatioto, F Vassallo (Palermo, G Palmieri, F Banchini (Piacenza, G Di Franco, F Porcelli, N Furbetta, A Comandatore, S Guadagni, M Palmeri (Pisa, P Ubiali, F Maffeis, J Velkoski (Pordenone, M Giuffrida, GE Nita (Reggio Emilia, C Marafante, M Garino, SL Birolo, M Dugo, A Borello, R Barone, LD Bonomo, MV Facchino, M Caccetta, E Moggia, MR D’Anna, C Mosca, S Mungo, A Masciandaro (Rivoli, F Tirelli, I Neri, M Aulicino, C Vacca (Rome, M Campanelli, M Grande, L Siragusa, G Sica (Rome, A Mingoli, G Brachini, B Cirillo, S Meneghini, S Giovampietro, G Duranti, F Ciccarone, L Simonelli, I Clementi, B Binda, GB Fonsi, E Spalice, E Cianci, MI Bellini, G Sgarzini, S Sorrenti, E Lori, P Palumbo, D Pironi (Rome, A Amendola, C De Martino, E Bisogno (Salerno, S Di Saverio, A Morello, L Lely, I Merlini, G Travaglini, S Sabbatini, M Zambon (San Benedetto del Tronto, D Giulitti, L Barni, GE Poto (Sansepolcro, D Fusario, L Resca, L Carbone, A Francia, GE Poto, AL Pesce, O Carpineto Samorani, F Roviello, A Ongaro, SA Piccioni, M Gambelli, L Catozzi, M Gjoka, A Bartalini Cinughi de Pazzi, NN Leonelle Lore, G Grassi, F Manasci, V Ricchiuti (Siena, E Basile, A Spaziani (Spoleto (PG), V Silvestri, M Favoriti, P Favoriti (Sulmona, S Novello, M Piccino, R Baldan, U Grossi, G Zanus, F Scolari, E De Leo, M Brizzolari, A Brun-Peressut, I Hoxhaj, M Scopelliti (Treviso, LB Lo Piccolo, E Montanari, D Cianflocca, A Marano, S Galati, SL Gamba, F Velluti, A Caltagirone, M Giuliano, E Potenza, B De Zolt Ponte, D Visconti, VU De Donato, L Capello, S Chaifouroosh Mamagany, C Celano (Turin, E Donnarumma, C Saviello, R Scola (Vallo Della Lucania, S Megna, M Berselli, N Palamara, L Liepa, E Ferri (Varese Lombardy, University of 23 Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi (Varese)), V Gentilino, M Mogiatti, G Farris, N Pasqua (Varese, I Mondi, C Da Lio, F Sulo, E Ciccioli, M Martorana, M Filardo, L Schiavone (Voghera, I Conversano, M Cappiello, G Scialandrone, N Petrarota, R Tumolo (andria, M Angelucci, S Valeri, G Pascarella, A Strumia, R Alloni (rome, D Muschitiello, V Morinelli, L Bonello, SG Intini, S Moschella (udine, santa maria della misericordia). Japan: H Kato, A Horiguchi, D Koike, Y Asano (Aichi, Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital). Jordan: S Alananzeh, S Al Momani, M Tanashat, O Altobaishat, S Alsmadi, N Al RABADI, L Sweidan (Ajloun, Z Alnajjar, G Alsheikh, N Mosleh, H Alzuhd, R Alkhatib, H Al-Abdallat, M Aljarawn, T Aloqaili, I Nadi, A Abdllah, O Al-Fahel, R Khalil, M Said, A Qasem, H Al-Fahel, M Hijazi, R Rabah, A Alaqtash, DB Badwan (Amman, B Alrayes, M Salah, M Al-Qannas, H Abu Obead, I Alnimer, Y Alawneh, M Almaletti (Amman, A Khamees, R Yousef Yassin, A Alsheikh, K Al-Shami, E Abu Siam, O Sarhan, KA Sawaftah, MAM Sawaftah, MA Sawaftah, M Sabri Massadi, Z Al-sheikh ali, N Raiq, O Ibrahim, J Al Karmi, M Diab, I Aburumman, AA Altawaiha, M Hasan, A AlZu’bi, L Yasin, B Yacoub (Amman, R Abu Salah, M Alqedrh, S Abu khousa, R Hussam Yacoub Hattar, D Samardali, R Refaie, L Hijazein, S Hammad, M Barbarawi, S Mamduh, J Al Daradkah, S Samardali, T Alshawabkeh (Amman, M Mahafdah, Q Sabbah, SAM Ba-Shammakh, A Al Hammoud, M Bani hani, M Tabaza, H Malkawi, H Haj Freej, D Kasasbeh, B Dweik, K Ayyoub, OR Mahafdah (Ar Ramtha, R Hiary, I Shehadeh, L Dyab, R Daradkeh, R Raddad, R Alzu’bi, T Alhaj Hasan, B Alzoubi, M Alsharayri, M Nofal, S Ellouzy, M Al-Masri, S Fakhouri, N Absy, R Suleiman, O Mansour, JS Hadidi (As-Salt, A Al-fandi (Irbid, M Al-Fraijat, N Rabai, A Al-Zubeidy, R Abd Elkareem, S Bani Amer, T Alhusban, S AL-Doghme, R Abd Alkareem, R Damseh, M Alshami, T Majed, S Al Sharie, M Araydah, R Jaba’Teh, F Haddad, O Almomani, L M Mheidat, R Haddad, S Bataineh, S Ababneh (Irbid, Princess Basma Hospital). Kazakhstan: M Kulimbet, N Maulenov, N Lakhanov, M Ramazanov, A Kiyabayev (Almaty, D Amangaliyev, A Shamsutdinova, A Polatbekov (Almaty, JSC ‘Central Clinical Hospital’, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University). Kenya: R Parker, E Irungu, A Fadipe, F Ondago, G Waiyaki (Bomet, Tenwek Hospital). Lebanon: A Khoneisser, A Kachi, B Abboud (Beirut, M Chaccour, G Bechara, N Eshak, R Hleyhel, M Barakat (Jbail, Maritime Hospital). Libya: N Lindi, BH Hameed, A Abaidalla, N Mosbah, M Saleh khatab (Albayda, MAM Elghriani, A Ali, A Fathi, S Qwyder, M Alshamikh, A Alhammali, A Aldurssi, A Gusibat, M Suleman, S Alashhab, M Denini, F Alowjaly, MM Almihashhish, F Elkhafeefi, H Altawati (Benghazi, S 24 Elfallah, F Benghalbon, R Michael, M Abosedra, A Ahmayda, H Mftah (Benghazi, M Bohlala, M Muragi, S Alneihuom (Darna, A Alkaseek, A Alshiteewi, H Shames, N Albahloul, M Abudabbous, A Belkhair, A Abdelmalik, M Assalhi, M Altajouri, A Alailesh, A Alshukre (Misurata, B Alazabi, M Alazabi, G Birqeeq, AAY Almugaddami, H Embarek, M Bilfaqirah (Sebha, M Abdelkabir, S Abdeewi, A Abdalhadi, M Benghazi (Sebha, H Idheiraj, M Yahmad, M Alfaid, M Abdu, E Abdu, M Khalifa, G Matroud, A Amaigl, H Aldare, E Ali, K Shwail, K Abdulrahman (Sebha, A Bouhuwaish, A Emran, A Abdraba (Tobruk, AE Elzoubi, A Belaid (Tripoli, A Alragheai, D Omar, S Magrhi, H Farhat, S Alsuwiyah, S Abrayik, S Bensalem, B Algettawi (Tripoli, S Egreara, TMA Abdulmola, I Kandil (Tripoli, F Alshreef, F Elhabishi, M Alsori, L Shawesh, S Timmalah, M Alnuwayli, A Alhamadi, K Ahmed Ibrahim, S Abdullateef, R Altayargh, A Essamei, S Altoume, A Haidar, A Abdulnabi, A Ghummied (Tripoli, E Younes, S Elfurdag, S Ashini, M Edeeb, Z Al-azher El-hamel, M Akkawe, N AlWAER, A Khair Etareig (Zawia, B Allbakosh, H Abusnina, A Awidan, L Alokshi, M Iqreewi, M Almahjoub, H Altounsi, M Almaqrahi (Zliten, Zliten Teaching Hospital). Lithuania: E Dainius, S Bradulskis, E Margelis, A Mačiulaitytė, A Subocius, A Parseliunas, E Kubiliute, D Zuikyte, J Kutkevičius, J Vaitekūnas (Kaunas, L Venclauskas, K Jasaitis, M Jokubauskas, Z Dauksa (Kaunas, A Gulla, E Daukšaitė (Vilnius, Vilnius University Hospital). Madagascar: MJ Rakotonaivo, CF Rahantasoa Finaritra, JB Razafindrahita, YM Razafimandimby, A Rakotondrainibe (Antananarivo, Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Hospital). Malaysia: AD Zakaria, MIS Ismail (Kelantan, R Noor, M Che yaacob, SF Moh Pauzi, Z Chin (Kota Bharu, K Voon, JH Fu, JH Lim, SA Theivendran, NN Ramli (Kuching, Sarawak, M Fitri, MA Yunus, AN Ramly, A Md Yunos, AAA Anuar (Malacca, NS Abd Ghani, AAH Ahmad Zaidi, F Ashraf, M Mahadi, AA Abdul Rahim (Serdang, Hospital Pengajar Universiti Putra Malaysia (HPUPM)). Mali: OAA Dicko, A Dembele, H Dolo, D Kone (Ségou, District Hospital of Tominian). Malta: C Cini, A Sultana, M Farrugia, J Schembri Higgans, S Bowman, J Psaila, P Andrejevic, S Brincat, K Muscat, M Sammut, R Abela, M Zammit Vincenti, L Casingena, J Galea, M Portelli, N Spiteri, K Iles, R Cachia, D Hili (Msida, Mater Dei Hospital). Mexico: TR Ibarra-Hurtado (Guadalajara, LA Flores Chávez, JA Flores Prado, K Jasso García, NE López Bernal, EV Romo Ascencio, LM Flores Chávez, MP Mellado Tellez, SA Ibarra Camargo, G Delgado Hernandez, JA Guzman Barba, LA Rea Bocanegra, M Tello Jimenez, JA Tavares Ortega, E Gómez Mejía, I Esparza Estrada, AA Salinas Barragan, JA Jimenez Flores, SJ Vázquez-Sánchez, J Gonzalez Garcia, ZM Correa López, FJ Barbosa Camacho (Guadalajara, CM Nuño-Guzmán, AM Nava Franco, JF Martinez Martin del Campo, JJ Ulloa Robles, L Bravo, ME Gonzalez-Gonzalez, FD Romo Rosales, TR Ibarra-Hurtado, LG Peña Balboa, C Yanowsky-Gonzalez, R Santana Ortiz, SA 25 Trujillo Ponce, J Orozco-Perez, MDC Gonzalez, JE Gonzalez Aboytes, J Pizarro Lozano, JE Orozco Navarro, F Ibañez Ortiz, O Montaño Angeles, M Calderon, F Diaz, M Lazo Ramírez, JA Aguilar (Guadalajara, A Gonzalez Ojeda, C Fuentes Orozco, JM Chejfec-Ciociano, JM Carranza Rosales, MA Sánchez Audelo, CI Lupercio Figueroa, KV Ascencio Diaz, CE Gutierrez de la Rosa, F Mercado Sanchez, FY González Ponce, R Mares País, C González Baez, LÁ Pelayo Orozco, NG Barrera Lopez, A Ramírez Beas, MÁ Zaragoza Mendieta, MF Zarate casas, SL Trejo Ramos, P Salas Núñez, JA Gutiérrez Gómez (Guadalajara, G Ambriz González, I Cabrera, HB Moya- Ambriz, FJ Silva Rivera, EM Torres De Anda, A Hernández, FJ León Frutos, VE Armenta Tapia, M Nieto Galvan, JM Alvarez Hernandez (Guadalajara, AI Sánchez-Terán, N Muñoz Montes, AN Fuertes Muñoz, RL Smolinski kurek (León, K Bozada-Gutiérrez, A Nuñez Venzor, A Zubillaga-Mares, I Serrano (Mexico City, C Moreno-Licea, S Anaya Sanchez, A Trigos Díaz, CJ Pérez - Padrón, EY García-Villegas., RH Perez-Soto (Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición ‘Salvador Zubirán’), MJ Rueda Medécigo, A Leon - del- Angel, HDJ Pérez Baca, C Chavarría Noya, L Castro (Pachuca, D Herappe , MT Barrio Renteria (Querétaro, A Ramos-De la Medina, L Martinez, II Durán Sánchez, DS Gonzalez, MJ Martínez (Veracruz, Hospital Español Veracruz). Morocco: M Berrakkouch, F Hourri, A Benmansour, R Ait Ben Addi, M Melouane, A Tariq, O Boujidi, I Zerrouq, M Katif, S Amahmid, S Errami, S Jamil, O Nouhail, H Essalim, A Nidali, N Ouachou (Marrakech, A Aboumedian, S Kessab, N Lahnaoui, O Arsalan, S Kassad, A Hrora (Rabat, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Sina Rabat). Namibia: JT Abebrese, M Van der Colf, FW Quayson, P Shimbulu, P Nambala (Windhoek, Windhoek Central Academic Hospital). New Zealand: S Rennie, A Herewini (Masterton, S Kosna, A Olsen, J Gillingham, R Campbell, A Lin (Wellington, T Uiyapat, S Beavis, D Bardsley, M Lill (Whanganui, J McNab-Hand, O Ray, C Harmston (Whangarei, Whangarei Hospital). Nigeria: A Adeyeye, A Akinmade, E Afeikhena, AI Okunlola (Ado Ekiti, Afe Babalola University MultiSystem Hospital), D Idowu, J Olorunfunmi, A Olabode (Ado-Ekiti, N Oloko, KJ Bwala, A Ningi (Bauchi, P Agbonrofo, D Osifo, P Idjerhe, BO Izedomi, O Omoike, O Irowa, S Ideh, J Enaholo, C Agbonrofo, O Emuze, PV Odigie, M Ediale, RA Eghonghon, M Edena, A Ekpeti, M Momoh, C Osime, O Osagie, A Arekhandia, M Ibadin (Benin City, T AbdulRahman, R Ediru, J Abutu John, O Owolanke (Bida, U Ezomike, N Agugua-Obianyo, J Ede, S Aliozor, EI Nwangwu, C Ilo, C Amah, L Onyebulu, I Ugwueke, I Obianyo, C Onwuzu, U Dilibe, I Orji, V Enemuo, N Celestine, N Ekwo (Enugu, SA Sani, S Olori, I Pius Ogolekwu, O Attawodi, R Hauwa SANI, P Chimezie Andrew (Gwagwalada, A Ishola, O 26 Ayandipo, N Akinbami, A Fakoya, TA Lawal, V Osoka, H Ogundipe (Ibadan, A Ademuyiwa, F Alakaloko, O Oluseye, N Duru, M Ojo, T Olobatoke, AO Lawal, C Nwanmah, O Alaba, R Eloka, C Bode, O Elebute, J Seyi-Olajide, K Onyekachi, O Balogun, O Christianah, L Omomeji, F Akinwande, A Damola-Okesiji, J Okei (Idi Araba, H Abiyere, O Fatudimu, B Mustapha, O Babatunde, OM Williams, O Faboya, C Ónyeka, F Oni, K Shodunke, G Eke, M Abdulsalam, O Oso, A Ayodele, M Okechukwu (Ikeja, C Adumah, A Talabi, O Oyinloye, O Olajide, V Agbakwuru, A Aderounmu, A Agbaje, YL Balogun, MO Ameen, DO Komolafe, O Olasehinde, O Ajiboye, M Fagbayimu, G Aduroja, O Fasoro, A Adisa, AM Olugbami, H Oyinlola, E Adebunmi (Ile-Ife, T Mohammed, A Lawal, F Bello, P Adebayo, O Salako, A Akinkuolie, MA Adetoyi, A Akeem Aderogba, T Oyeyemi, O Ojo (Ilesa, E Osaze, H Ekwuazi, I Ogundele, P Elemile, A Ayeni, I Okoro, C Onuoha (Ilishan-Remo, M Mobolaji-Ojibara , J Mohammad mohammad (Ilorin, NT Abdulraheem, A Jimoh, OK Fasiku (Ilorin, B Aminu, S Kache, G Yohanna Abrak (Kaduna, AA Sheshe, L Anyanwu, AB Muhammad, A Abubakar Abdulkarim, TN Nagwamutse, IU Garzali, S Muhammad, C Nwachukwu, IE Suleiman, SA Aji, A Dahiru, LB Abdullahi, SA Yunusa, A Yahaya, M Bello, I Wasiu, U Mohammed Bello, B Yunusa, N Umar (Kano, RE Enejo, N Nwafulume, A Oke, J Taiwo (Lokoja, OH Ekwunife, OA Egwuonwu, OA Okoye, N Nwanne, C Ugwunne, J Ugwu, U Ezidiegwu, CD Nwosu, K Oluchukwu, V Modekwe, C Uche, EA Obiesie, C Osuigwe (Nnewi, J Aseme, U Edith, J Ezeh, J Nnoli, H Willy-Chidire, D Chimkaomasiri (Onitsha, A Ojewuyi (Osogbo, A Adekoya, L Amosu, A Oyedele, A Ayoade, BA Ayoade, A Asekun, A Ajayi, O Popoola, M Yinusa, AAA Oyelekan, O Oluyemi, C Nwosu, M Okudero, M Agunloye, A Ojo, C Nwokoro, I Babajimi-Joseph, A Williams, S Ogunlade (Sagamu, M Daniyan, TT Sholadoye, M Bashir, N Oyelowo, SE Nwabuoku, A Yakubu, O Ogunsua, M Abubakar, MA Tolani, MS Aliyu (Zaria, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital). North Macedonia: T Risteski, V Naunova, L Jovcheski (Skopje, University Clinic for Pediatric Surgery). Oman: PW Haque, A Albatanony, A Fajardo, M Omer, DP Talreja, AM Elsayed, H Habiba, H AlAamri (Ibra, S Alsibai, J Albalushi, AM Al Balushi, A Alzadjali, T Al Barhi, A Alkharusi, F Alfarsi, K Al Hinai, H Al Qadhi, R Al Shehhi, H Al Miskry, O Al Hamdani, O Al Alyani, B Rehmani, M Al-Attraqchi, Z Al Balushi (Muscat, M Al Hinai, S Alwardi, L AlRiyami, A ALJamoudi, M Masaaod (Nizwa, Nizwa Hospital). Pakistan: A Raza, A Hai, S Ahmed, DS Maqsood, S Chaudhary, M Farooq, M Tayyab, Z Qureshi, M Ali, S Maqbool, U Abdullah, M Aziz, A Irshad, S Said, A Zafar, U Akram, I Sadiq, A Abbas, M Siddique, I Shahbaz (Islamabad, SH Waqar, M Raheem, F Akhtar, DM 27 Mehmood, DN Mahmood (Islamabad, M Shahid, M Ahmed, M Mansoor Iqbal, Y Lakdawala, S Otho, M Khalid, M Masood, R Kumar, S Jabeen (Karachi, S Altaf (Karachi, M Abdullah, G Shamsi, N Lodhi, G Awais, L Rai (Karachi, S Khattak, A Janjua, A Liaquat, M Saleem (Lahore, MN Rafique, MM Bin Khalid, H Ahmad, MS Khalid, MH Sadiq, A Hashmi, HH Shahid, MA Sadiq, MH Chishti, M Usama, M Kashif, AM Choudhary, H Basharat, K Khalid, MA Haider, MA Bashir, H Sabir, MF Tarar, M Usama (Lahore, MB Mirza, WU Rehman, W Tahir, R Khalid, CE Azmat (Lahore, H Qayum, H Irfan Khan, A Mustafa (Peshawar, HW Bhatti, MR Farooqui, F Rauf, NA Malik (Rawalpindi, M Usman Malik, S Hayat, D Riazhussain (Sargodha, Teaching Hospital - Sargodha). Palestine: J Najajra, N Al-Hroub, M Abu Daoud, R Jubran, M Srour, M Taamreh, A Alsalahat, H Masalma (Bethlehem, A Alwali, L Mohammed, M Al zebda, S Mahdi, A Shaheen, G Alrayyes, L Tafesh, T M. Abubasheer, M Abu Jayyab, H Jaber, M Abuwarda, B M. J. Alhaj, T Aldirawi, F Mahmoud, A Albhaisi, M Obaid, WJN Almadhoun, A Alroobi (Gaza, M Abo Abdo, A Abuthaher, A AbuNemer, M Abu Al Amrain, I Nasser, A Awad, A AlAgha, R Madi, D AbuNemer (Gaza, N Kullab, H Elhallaq, A Abu Tair (Gaza, H Abu-Arish, A Zamareh, M Ahmoud, M H. Oweidat, I AlJada, M Anati, S Halabi, W Alhroub, A Abuhammad, S M. Udwan, H Yaghmour (Hebron, D Houmran, NA Awwad, M Abed, I HajMohammed, A Hewari, A Alqerem, E Zidan, H Abbadi, S Abed (Jenin, The Martyr Dr. Khalil Sulaiman Hospital (Jenin Governmental Hospital)), M Shakhshir, M HajHamad, M Saifi, S Abuzahra, A Khouli, Z Shabello, Z Khraim, S Ismail, MF Dwikat (Nablus, R Bassam, A Sabbah, A Gharib, R Alzughayyar, R Issa, A Abuhantash, O Matar, Y A. Omar, O Khalil, A Awwad (Tulkarm, Martyr Thabet Thabet Govermental Hospital). Paraguay: A Rodriguez Gonzalez, ED Sosa Ferreira, R Ferreira Acosta, MN Martínez Bareiro, JE Giubi Bobeda, A Franco (Asuncion, Universidad Nacional de Asunción). Peru: A Walfor (Huánuco, L Poggi, L Fuentes Rivera Lau, MA Moreno Gonzales, F Camacho, O Ibarra, G Arredondo (Lima, K Nieto Yrigoin, D Chavez Fernandez, DC Juan Carlos (Lima, G Mendiola, A Salazar, R Casma Bustamante (Lima, G Borda-Luque, Y Carpio Colmenares, MR Li Valencia, F Palomino Escalante, K Quispe de la Roca (Lima, MM Caramantin Obando (Paita, R Polo, V Serna-Alarcon (Piura, Jose Cayetano Heredia III Regional Hospital). Poland: R Mazurkiewicz, M Kołomańska, PJ Milewski (Kielce, M Kisielewski, T Stefura, K Richter, W Wysocki, N Kłos, W Jabłoński, I Alsoubie, B Żaczek, T Wojewoda, J Bolanowski (Krakow, Z Orzeszko, M Wikar, R 28 Solecki, B Markowska, M Szura, T Gach (Krakow, M Matyja, B Habrat, W Serednicki (Krakow, Z Lorenc, M Święch, M Mietła, W Krawczyk, M Nycz (Sosnowiec, K Urbańska, K Komorowska, P Kowalewski, JK Zajac, M Zawadzki (Wroclaw, M Kusiński, M Pryt, F Brzeszczyński, H Dąbrowski, M Redynk (Łódź, Copernicus Memorial Hospital). Portugal: J Figueiredo, B Cismasiu, R Souto, S Henriques, AL Preto Barreira, J Vaz, JM Carlos, M Trindade, L Moreira, M Palas, J Simoes (Almada, F Ramalho de Almeida, M Vasconcelos, A Neves, J Ribeiro, F Afonso, A Pita, R Miranda Pera, M Bernardo, C Rio Ferreira, T Branco, J Fontaínhas, S Pimentel Morais, B Pinto (Amadora, S Patrocínio, L Moniz, C Rolo Santos, P Bernardo, F Nazareth (Barreiro, C Silva, L Heeren, AR Mateus Loureiro, B Tinoco, A Abreu (Caldas da Rainha, DM Gonçalves Múrias Gomes, C Figueiredo, C Aguero, M Reia, M Guerrero, MA Fernandez Romero, J Dominguez (Elvas, I Colaço, M Nunes Luís, S Andrade, S Oliveira, D Pais (Figueira da Foz, DG Alves, F Castro, R Ribeiro, I Mogárrio, MDC Gama Caldeira (Funchal, B Gama, CS Rodrigues, A Cabral, A Silva (Horta, E Borges, J Cassiano Neves, R Bernardino, P David Santos, J Secchi (Lisbon, M Nunes, D Tavares, M Cruz, C Quintela, C Cardoso, IM Lourenço (Matosinhos, D Vaz Acosta, P Rego Ponte, R Santos Pereira (Ponta Delgada, H Capote, MB Mourato, T Mogne, N Andrade, G Fialho, F Valente Costa Pinto, B Cordeiro, M Brito, G Santos, D Rosado, C Costa, N Pratas (Portalegre, J DiasFerreira, AL Carreira-Marques, R Ribeiro Dias, B Carvalho, M Gomes, C Soares-Aquino, F Gomes, S Barbosa Castelo Branco, C Coutinho, JP Vieira de Sousa, D Atouguia (Porto, L Cidade Costa (Porto, D Silva, P Correia, C Henriques, AM Pinheiro Pereira, H Devesa, R Barradas, S Fortuna Martins, N Marcos, A Jarimba, B Louro, L Rodrigues Madeira, AR Lourenço (Santarem, A Ferreira, A Abreu da Silva, D Stoian, M Ferreira (Santiago do Cacém, R Branquinho, JC Domingues, MI Seixo, R Lalanda, C Bôto (Tomar, J Fernandes, P Laranjo, M Reis, I Borges da Costa, C Assis, B Lopes Patrício, NM Freitas Oliveira (Vila Franca de Xira, M Carvalho, J Mendes, C Macedo Cardoso de Oliveira, B Freire, R Pinheiro Duque (Vila Nova de Famalicao, B Vieira, U Fernandes, A Dupont, R Vaz Pereira (Vila Real, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, E. P. E. ). Qatar: G Sarp, E Soyer Güldoğan (Doha, Turkish Hospital). Romania: É Gáspár (Brasov, A Chitul, C Bezede, E Ciofic, D Cristian (Bucharest, EA Toma, IM Matache, O Enciu, B Bogdan-Gabriel (Bucharest, I Negoi, C Ciubotaru, I Tanase, C Dina, VM Negoita, A Perja (Bucharest, 29 Emergency Clinical Hospital Bucharest), R Drasovean, A Trif, D Misca, C Hossu, I Imihteev (ClujNapoca, Medicover Hospital Cluj). Russian Federation: V Kakotkin, M Agapov, V Budyakova, S Dos Santos Rocha Ferreira, R Senin (Kaliningrad, A Bedzhanyan, A Sumbaev, K Petrenko, E Bedzhanyan, E Tyurina, R Azimov, P Glushkov, K Shemyatovsky, S Husanov, A Sidorova (Moscow, G Yarovenko, E Shestakov, O Lisin, A Arustamyan, J Sidorovskaia, K Cholah, I Cholah, D Kurochka (Simferopol, V Ten, Y Kudryavcev (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Private healthcare institution ‘RZD-Medicine’). Rwanda: JP Rugambwa, CN Nelly Rosine, N Jeannette, A Dusabimana (Huye, Gisagara, C Seneza, C Uwakunda, L Mukamazera, G Ntwari, I Didier (Kigali, A Costas-Chavarri, M Eugene, C Nyampinga, R Munyaneza, D Muyenzi (Kigali, Rwanda Military Hospital). Saudi Arabia: N Alzerwi, M Rayzah, A Almutairi, A Alsultan, B Ali (Al-Majmaah, A Shabkah, H Said, A Alhebshi, A Mohsen, K Anaam, F Alnazawi, A Basalim, B Albaihani, S Al Athath, A Jowharji, A Aljahdali (Jeddah, N Trabulsi, M Alharthi, A Farsi, M Ghunaim, A Nawawi, A Maghrabi (Jeddah, N Alzerwi, Y Aldebasi, F Al Abbood, A Elkhalifa, M Alshanwani, S Alshagrawi (Riyadh, F Ahmad (Riyadh, A Alayed, R AlQahtani, R Sugair, O Alruwaili, B Alsharari, H Albalawi, H Al SOHABI, A Alshahrani, S Asiri, M Alshehri, A Albalawi, R Alatawi, T Khewater, H Adi, J Akiely, N Musawa, F Alahmad, B Alqahtani, M Sersarah, Z Farraj, A Alzahrani, N Al Amri, M AlThomali, D Elkafrawy (Taif City, King Faisal Medical Complex). Serbia: J Juloski, V Cuk, V Cijan, L Milic (Belgrade, Zvezdara University Medical Center). Slovenia: JA Košir, J Grosek, A Tomazic, T Košir Božič (Ljubljana, University Medical Centre). South Africa: S Gumede, C Kloppers, K Booyse, S Dos Santos, M Flint (Cape Town, Z Johnson, JJ Jordaan, G Steenkamp (Cape Town, K Nieuwenhuys, J Uys, SS Verhage, A Goliath, S Gilbert (Cape Town, M Kariem, N Karimbocus (Cape Town, C Lategan, T Mabogoane (Cape Town, S Mewa Kinoo, R Naidoo, N Ntanzi, S Sibiya, S Ebrahim (Durban, S Govender, E Naidoo, P Moodley, K Maharaj (Durban, H Le Roux, J Van Niekerk (East London, A Sparke, P Omwansa (East London, CA Baars, S Marawu, K Sevnaran, A Szpytko (Empangeni, G Charalambous, B Van Zyl, O Pheiffer, F Roodt (George, D Rattray, N Rasool, M Nkogatse, R Mackay, G Urdang (Johannesburg, V Manchev, D Clarke, S Naidu, V Govindasamy (Pietermaritzburg, LC Kolongi, C Elliot-Wilson, S Kalenga, I Serfontein, M Goga (Upington, S Burger, R Duvenage (Worcester, Worcester Provincial Hospital). 30 Spain: H Aguado López, F Ruescas, A García Marín, M Scortechini, M Jurado Román, A Sanchez Gallego (Albacete, E González Marín, S De la Cruz Ahufinger, M Mateu, MJ Medina, MDM Martí-Ejarque, R Soliva Domínguez, L Ruiz-Villa, E Montalbán Martínez (BARCELONA, A Torroella, C Ginesta, G Cárdenas Rivera, VE Gonzabay, JD Acevedo Parrales (Barcelona, M Canals Sin, A Lombardero, B Capdevila Vilaró, M Carbonell Pradas, ME Muñoz Fernández, RA Hernandez Rodriguez, I De Haro Jorge, M Riba Martínez, L Tapia Moral, M Coronas Soucheiron, P Palazon Bellver, L Ortega Lechuga, X Tarrado, A Domenech Plana, J Prat-Ortells, M Bejarano Serrano, M Cuesta Argos, MP Martin Gimenez, SG Laura, R Ripoll i Palmés (Barcelona, A Sainz Lete, JC Zevallos-Quiroz, D Gómez, B Estraviz, JM De Francisco Rios, J Barrutia Leonardo, M González de Miguel (Bizkaia, RL Ferlini, M Ortega Escudero, Y Galvañ Félix, C Hernandez Diaz, J Montero García (Burgos, Á Fernández Camuñas, EP Garcia Santos, FJ Redondo Calvo (Ciudad Real, M Estaire Gómez, RJ Castro Lara, A Ramos Bonilla, L Rodríguez Gómez, M Marqueta De Salas, A Alvarez Cuiñas, FM Bujalance Cabrera, MD Cancelas, A García Domínguez, G Chamoso Mialdea, EP Cagigal Ortega, D Enjuto, I Cervera (Leganés, R Villalobos Mori, Y Maestre González, C Gas, L Codina Corrons, C Semeraro (Lleida, J García-Quijada, TW Jorgensen, MJ Peña Soria, N Tabatabaian, JL Garcia galocha, D Fra Corral, L Sante Serna (Madrid, M Diez Alonso, C Vera Mansilla, L Casalduero, S Soto Schütte, Y Allaoua (Madrid, E Gutierrez, C Zapata Syro, F Prieto La Noire, MDM Olmedo Reinoso, S Salido, N Chavarrias, M Vicario Bravo, L Asensio Gomez, R Abad, A Gegúndez Simón, PC Arteaga Asensio (Madrid, AM Minaya Bravo, E González, A Galvan, C Guijarro Moreno, G De la Peña González, A Sánchez Gollarte, A Robin Valle de Lersundi, MÁ García Ureña (Madrid, JL Rodicio Miravalles, AA Suárez Álvarez, DW Silva-Cano, G Martínez Izquierdo, P Del Val Ruiz, M Moreno Gijon, S Amoza Pais, GP Ibero Casadiego, E López-Negrete Cueto, J Carrizo, S Sanz, R Rodríguez-Uria, A Cembellin, G García-Santos, A Fraile (Oviedo, D Córdova García, L Jiménez, J Martin Fernandez, R Alvarado Hurtado, R Díaz Pedrero, N Cobeño Tamayo, V Ongil Rodríguez (Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Madrid, F Aguilar del Castillo, Á De Jesús Gil, S Borrego Canovaca (Sevilla, JR Naranjo Fernández, Z Valera Sanchez, R Perez, M Infantes Ormad, M Sánchez Ramirez (Seville, C Leal Ferrandis, C Esteo Verdu, S García López, J Febré, B Cuneo (Valencia, C León-Espinoza, E Martí Cuñat, G Pou (Valencia, C Jezieniecki, S Alonso Marcos, A Vazquez Fernandez, J Beltrán de Heredia, B De Andrés-Asenjo, D Baños Méndez, JC Garcia Vera, M Ruiz Soriano, E Redondo, R Martínez Díaz, T Gómez Sanz, P Artigot, C Infante, C Ferreras García, LR Cabezudo, G Cabezudo, M Lainez Escribano, M Rodriguez-Lopez, H Nuñez Del Barrio, A Romero de Diego (Valladolid, A Vazquez Melero, M Camuera, I Herrero, D Garcia López de Goicoechea, M Sánchez-Rubio (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Hospital 31 Universitario Araba), MDP Cebollero, JL Blas Laina (Zaragoza, V Duque Mallén, N Sánchez Fuentes, P Sancho Pardo, I Gascon Ferrer, MÁ Dobón Rascón, T Gimenez Maurel, J Chóliz, S Saudí-Moro, S Paterna -Lopez, A Martinez German, D Aparicio-López, MÁ Gascón Domínguez, P Royo Dachary (Zaragoza, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet). Sri Lanka: S Srishankar, SPB Thalgaspitiya, KJ Senanayake, D Wickramarathna (Anuradhapura, D Subasinghe, D Wickramasinghe (Colombo, M Nandasena, K Wijesinghe, H Miyasika, J Senavirathna, Y Chamara (Dehiwala, S Rajendra, SI Thuraisamy Sarma, B Balagobi, V Sutharshan, S Giridaran (Jaffna, W Wijenayake, MT Ekanayake, S Jayatilleke, S Jayasekara, M Perera, R Perera, R Ellawala, WDD De Silva (Werahera, University Hospital, Kotelawala Defence University). Sudan: S Alqurashi, N Rajab (Ed Dueim, TA Albushary, FA Mohammed Daoud, A Younis, MA Suliman, F Tahir Lwdie, S Ibrahim Tour Harakan, M Abdelhadi Suliman Adam, E Hegab, A Abdalla, T Almahdi, E Alabed (El Geneina, S Eldirdiri, OA Eljizoly, A Mohammed, A Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed (Gadarif city, A Albager, MA Ismael Alamin, M Alsalawi, MA Elgak (Kassala, EG Nubi Mohamed, A Eltahir, E Adel Hamdoun Aziz, I Adel, O Emadeldeen, OG Nubi, E Mohamed (Khartoum, M Hamed, M Tageldin, E Elsheikh, U Omara, E ADAm, IMG Ahmed, GMG Ahmed, S Imam (Khartoum, AA Adam, S Amin Omar Alsiddig, A Ahmed, S Abdelrasoul Elnour Ismail, M Mohamedshafee, Y Mohamed (Khartoum, EE Abuobaida Banaga Hag El Tayeb, H Abuobaida, AS Ahmed (Khartoum, A Elbalal, GN El Hunjul, A Mustafa, E Yousuf, E Hamed, S Ibrahim, O Morgan, N Omer (Wad Madani, University of Gezira Hospital). Sweden: M Zaigham, A Al Mukhtar (Malmö, Västmanlands Hospital Västerås). Switzerland: D Fenner, D Salinovic (Frauenfeld, X Papazarkadas, TV Pham, C Brasset, A Litchinko, F Ris, C Golliez, M Chevallay (Geneva, J Gass, J Mühlhäusser, J Metzger, A Scheiwiller (Luzern, A Tampakis, C Riboni, U Dietz, E Brolese, C Seiler, M Kalisvaart, JN Marx, L Eisner (Olten, G Peros, F Solimene, M Gramellini, A Lareida, M Adamina, E Betz, L Dubs, K Geiger-Timm, L Gantner, N Seeger, K Richetti, K Hofmann (Winterthur, MA Schneider, D Gero, K Lehmann, P Limani, S Hügli, S Gerdes, F Mazzola, A Hiller (Zurich, University Hospital of Zurich). Syrian Arab Republic: MA Farho, M Mohammad, AY Arnaout, Y Nerabani, Y Maktabi, W Alsado, A Anadani (Aleppo, M Morjan, M Nasani, W Mayo, S Kreid, M Arnaout, MN Sawas (Aleppo, Al-Shahbaa Private Hospital), M Aloulou, MK Marawy, A Kezze, I Arnaout, A Kelzia, E Dabbagh, R Masri, MH Nabhan, A Alniemi, A Alhaj, S Ward, Y Haido, N Dadoush, MK Abu albahrain, A Niazi, W Abbas, A Hasan, S Alshab, S Kamari, R Kalouk, Z Toutounji (Aleppo, D Sharl Ajami, B 32 Alsaid, A Alusef, K Abo zaal (Damascus, AR Hammadieh, Z Klib, MR Mslmani, A Alhaj zain, M Klib, L Shammas, AJ Chekfa, Z Odeh, R Joumaa, H Al-zoubi (Damascus, Al-Mouwasat University Hospital), Q Mashlah, HO Odah Bashi̇, H Zwaraa (Damascus, I Adham, L Hasan, A Khatib, S Jomaa, A Alfarwan, A Torbey, A Rashid, A Hawarah, M Alhimyar, L Al-Boukhari, MA Al-yusuf, AN Aldirani (Damascus, Y Alhammoud , Y Al-Junaidi (Homs, Al-Basel Specialized Hospital in Karm El-Louz), M Daher, Z Asaad, K Khalil (Homs, J Khoury, J Jahjah, J Alaji, S Turkmani, S Mahfoud, A Ahmad, M Derattani, G Massarra, J Skaff, ZA Hannouneh, H Amoudi, ZA Zaher, G Zaza (Latakia, A Wassouf, A Alahmad Alismael, S Nofal, A Mansour, M Mansour, Z Alkhaier, J Suliman, M Sabboh, M Haj Hussein, M Ibrahim, ZA Abo alaros, G Alhadwah, N Kheyrbek, D Ibrahim, G Hamdan, Y Hasan, A Abo al Shamat, A Roumieh, B Khattab, H Alkhatib (Latakia, S Hassan, S Abdul Rahman, A Abdul Rahman, F Aliskander, J Alkharish, G Kafa, I Suleiman, A Bassma, A Alloush, N Ismaiel, J Deeb, M Alrantisi, E Salloum, A AlMouahhed, A Baydoun, H Yunes, S Alkadi, D Abdulrahman, I Hussein (Latakia, A Bakri, H Asaad, T Ashkar, H Daaboul, A Marouf, F Chahrour, B Ranjous, B Ibrahim, A Sinjab, M Alneasan, J Fahed, R Attaf, S Kanaan (Latakia, Tishreen University Hospital). Thailand: A Tansawet, W Kasetsermwiriya, I Laopeamthong, P Sukhvibul, T Techapongsatorn, N Techapongsatorn, P Kasetsermwiriya, P Leungon (Bangkok, Vajira hospital). Togo: PS Tekam Wadje (Lomé, CHU Sylvanus Olympio). Tunisia: MJ Kacem, R Elaifia, Y Ouadi, S Megdiche, Y Jedidi (Tunis, La Rabta Hospital). Turkey: AÇ Bozkurt, H Tümer (Adana, MA Koç, A Çakmak, AF Kocaay, KY Türker, TB Türkmen (Ankara, O Yalkin, D Yigit (Bursa, B Yigit, A Aslan, S Yilmaz (Elazig, AN Sanli, Yİ Tandoğan, A Yildiz, A İsler, A Ozkomec (Gaziantep, ME Seker, E Ay, M Erkaya, YO Koyluoglu, A Develioğlu, GM Kurtoglu, GK Kurtoglu, AF Cetişli, E Tunçcan, A Aghayeva, Z Durna, B Baca (Istanbul, AE Dönmez, B Togay, E Ada, IE Yavuz, IA Bilgin, EC Karabulut, AM Uysal, Y Karataş, B Ağca, MK Aktas, F Demiral, B Duman, K Kabulov, I Hamzaoglu, T Karahasanoğlu, M Tanal, S Meriç, M Tokocin, H Yigitbas, A Barcin, G Alici, E Yavuz, OB Gülcicek, N Bugdayci, K Özdoğan, I Çakir, YE Aktimur, RE Sönmez, M Şermet, MS Ozsoy, H Baysal, F Buyuker (Istanbul, M Oncel, S Bektas, AE Askin, M Yashar, A İzgi̇ş (Istanbul, SS Uludağ, MF Ozcelik, S Yumurtacilar (Istanbul, A Özcan, E Somuncu, S Yilmaz, A Sapmaz, H Bolukbasi, C Özkan, E Bozdağ, MC Kizilkaya, H Telci, Y Kara, AZ Kaan, M Acar, EO Yildirim (Istanbul, G Akcakoca, C Hacialioğlu, Y Tosun, V Çalik, TE Yilmaz, H Alfakeer (Istanbul, MI Ateş, SN Karahan, M Kalender, AE Narin, D Yi̇ği̇t, O Agcaoglu, S Toprak, B Celik, E Ozoran, DS Uymaz, S Yigman, E Bozkurt, A Rencuzogullari, E Balik, S Sucu 33 (Istanbul, A Akmercan, K Oğur, A Hajali, QK Dolatzay (Istanbul, N Kiziltoprak, MS Genç, B Özcan, Z Şenol, OF Ozkan, M Çuhadar, ED Terzi (Istanbul, T Gülşen (Istanbul, B Citgez, H Ozsahin, C Ersavas (Istanbul, C Bi̇li̇r, AE Boztaş Demi̇r, AD Hacioglu, G Ozyuksel, AM Öztürk, B Calik, AC Yaşar (Izmir, E Colak, MA Avci, E Aybar, M Gün, AB Ciftci, MS Uyanik, ME Kara, C Akgün, AC Sari, Ö Küpçüoğlu, GO Kucuk, S Polat (Samsun, N Kavak, MA Kara, G Karadeniz Cakmak, B Kum (Zonguldak, S Öztürk, B Eyduran (İzmir, University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital). Uganda: B Kigwe, M Arafat (Iganga, M Nnabagulanyi (Kigumba, Kiwoko Hospital). United Kingdom: ZA Fozo, A Shoker, KR Rahman, MW Saqib, R Faisal, CS Ong, A Pillai, H Unwin, A Huws, M Maybury, H Ejaz, E Daketsey, AK Lala (Bangor, North Wales, MAK Sarker, B Chkir, MR Peris, S Khan, MA Tahir, R Doherty, H Alhusaini, MF Butt, H Afzal, S Handa, N Maharjan, A Mostafa, G Lee, CK Lim, A Krishna, WT Yew, Y Lu, R Hall (Barrow in Furness, E Mohammed (Basildon, F Georgiades, S Karim, K Rajaratnam (Bedford, J Abbasy, A Bibi, S Karandikar, L Johnstone, N Fazili (Birmingham, A Singh, A Athanasiou, H Lidbetter, J Siby, M Kaur, A Fatima (Brighton, SM Reddy, A Campbell, A Cardoso Almeida, K Smith, CJ Bradshaw, K Tambudze, H Delacave, I Norman (Bristol, M San, S Babu, S Midya, H Bradly, S Tontus, H Chauhan, R Jurdon, M Corcos, E Jose (Camberley, N Eardley, B Davies, M Ransome, S Suresh, A Bavaharan, R Batir, R Sato (Colchester, N Chidumije, TY Kwan, F Olaniru, I Parwaiz, LP Cheng (Coventry, N Gokhare Viswanath, K Nanayakkara, A Tibude (Derby, O Olajumoke, M Shams, D George, A Amin, M Kausar, S Sellahewa (Dudley, H Kamal, A Kamal, M Kamal (Dundee, O Pryer, H Sagar, B Lulham-Robinson, S Dawo, R Bethune, G Chillarge, AM Myintmo, M Horga, L Andreski, E Ruiz-Daum, T Finlay, I Rakshit (Exeter, J Bryan, D Joshi, R Marlin, M Battili, YL Aung, L Zeng, S Mathew, I Njere, S Gopaul, A Abbas (Great Yarmouth, G Singh, M Asarbakhsh, S Staight (Huddersfield, R Govindaraju, M Quaunine, S Yassin, A Wilkins, J Walshaw, L Chang, A Mahendran, F Hammett, D Fairbrass, UA Kalu, E Dexter, T Nadeem, N Karunaratne, T Lo, M Pellen (Hull, SH Sarwary, J Otote, D Anbu, H Islam, N Morricone (Ilford, 34 King George Hospital), K Lee, E Gimson, M Wilson, C Chiam (Larbert, M Solkar, M Bautista, NS Blencowe, J Sutcliffe, A Peckham-Cooper (Leeds, E O’Connell, KE Dey, R Lunevicius, MM Barakat, GR Goodwin, B Devkaran, IC Nzenwa, A Pilavas (Liverpool, K Bananis, A Alamin, S Bennett, MD Barcelona, A Sharp, F Soggiu (London, E Baili, H Ebied, A Botha, M Haghighat Ghahfarokhi, MMT Youssef (London, K Theodoropoulou, A Quddus, R Hegy, M Mahran, A Ghanbari (London, P Kapsampelis, T Chouari, J Saunders, C Boven, I Gerogiannis (London, N Karthikeyan, C Karagianni, E Spanoudakis (London, H Younus, R Ben Hmida, D Eaton (London, C Seet, R Bradley, R Roberts (London, FN Amir, M Durrani, A Tahir (Macclesfield, A Khalil, E O’Neill, S Ingley, V Bill, P Wilson, M Elmousili, E Chin, C Alphonse, P Suresh, L Devi, C Shelton (Manchester, S Bugren, M Abdelreheem, MMR Azzuz, DJ Dhillon, MF Khan, B Peter, I Fagiri, T Harris, P Thambi (Middlesbrough, M Tomlinson, C Hidalgo Salinas, A Mwanjoka, M Catterall, B Ali (Morecambe, S Tingle, K Waddell, F Peters, T Akharaekpanya, S Robinson (North Shields, NA Binti Yusri, A Ashiru, SA Chowdhury, J Reilly, S Malek, S Kumaran, A Doghaim, ABA AlHajjaj, LR Chieng, ZY Wong, R Olatunji (Nottingham, J Bundred, B Down, A Ang, KA Shamiyah, G Bond-Smith (Oxford, M Elmesalmi (Portsmouth, S Monkhouse, O Mohamed, B Robertson-Jones, BZ Hao (Redhill, S Ghattas, N Beharry, A Maraqa, N Uttam, S Rafiq, A Abdelhamid, E Mazumdar, M Dyer, MEEA Abdelsalam, B Johnson, M Abdelkarim, A Murtada, MMS Tora, Z Azhar (Rhyl, O Whitehurst, K Bhatti, S Silvestre, LN Bin Aizan, A Patel (Salford, Z Khan, A Maqsood-Shah, O Webster, H Reilly, S Boyes (Sheffield, S Bandyopadhyay, B McDermott, H Kynaston, B Neall, M West, G Hart, R Titcombe, A Ekerin, A Demetriou, N Harrison, JJQ Chen (Southampton, M Hammoda, L Robine-Durnell, E Mansour, A Evans, E Baker (Swansea, I Abdullah, O Osunlusi (Walsall, Walsall Manor Hospital). 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Source: Anaesthesia.

Subject Terms: surgery, inguinal hernia, anaesthesia, developing countries

Access URL: https://hdl.handle.net/11584/454727
https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16686

A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF RURAL SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN UMARGA TALUKA OF OSMANABAD DISTRICT

Authors: Prof. Dr. Satish D. Gavit

Subject Terms: geometrical shape, Patterns, environment, semi-circular, 15. Life on land

Prevalence of anatomical variations of osteomeatal complex and its correlation with incidental maxillary sinus pathologies using cone-beam computed tomography: an observational study

Authors: Abhijeet Patil, Daya K Jangam, Namrata P Lohakpure, Dipika D Gavit

Source: International Journal of Recent Scientific Research. :17251-17256

Access URL: http://recentscientific.com/sites/default/files/7658-A-2017.pdf
http://recentscientific.com/prevalence-anatomical-variations-osteomeatal-complex-and-its-correlation-incidental-maxillary-sinus

Effect of Establishment Techniques and Sowing Time on Yield and Yield Attributes of Proso Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)

Authors: G.K. Bahure, V. A. Rajemahadik, M.S. Jadhav, H. D. Gavit, T. N. Thorat, M. C. Kasture

Source: International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 6:1523-1528

Access URL: https://www.ijcmas.com/6-5-2017/H.D. Gavit
et al.pdf
http://www.ijcmas.com/abstractview.php?ID=2403&vol=6-5-2017&SNo=166

Production of Antibody Domains in Prokaryotes

Authors: Patrick D. Gavit, Marc D. Better

Source: Antibody Therapeutics ISBN: 9780429260360

Access URL: https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2006-0-01353-4&isbn=9780429260360&doi=10.1201/9780429260360-13&format=pdf
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Production of antifungal recombinant peptides in Escherichia coli

Authors: Patrick D. Gavit, Marc D. Better

Source: Journal of Biotechnology. 79:127-136

Subject Terms: Peptide Biosynthesis, 0301 basic medicine, 0303 health sciences, Antifungal Agents, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, 3. Good health, 03 medical and health sciences, Bioreactors, Candida albicans, Escherichia coli, Humans, Amino Acid Sequence, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid

Access URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10812181
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10812181

Modeling the foliar behavior of atrazine with and without crop oil concentrate on giant foxtail and the effect of tridiphane on the model rate constants

Authors: Paul S. Zorner, Lester E. Stafford, Philip J. McCall, Patrick D. Gavit

Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 34:235-238

Subject Terms: 0106 biological sciences, 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, 01 natural sciences

Access URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00068a020
https://europepmc.org/article/AGR/IND86035729
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00068a020

Compartmental model describing the foliar behavior of tridiphane on giant foxtail

Authors: Philip J. McCall, Lester E. Stafford, Patrick D. Gavit

Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 34:229-234

Subject Terms: 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, 01 natural sciences, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Access URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00068a019

AQUEOUS PHOTOLYSIS OF TRICLOPYR AND ITS BUTOXYETHYL ESTER AND CALCULATED ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTODECOMPOSITION RATES

Authors: P. D. Gavit, Philip J. McCall

Source: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 5:879

Subject Terms: 13. Climate action, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, 6. Clean water, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Access URL: https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.5620051003
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