To review our experience with indications, timing, and results of pulmonary resection in infants.
Published in 07 January 2003
Tauopathy is a class of a neurodegenerative disorder linked with tau hyperphosphorylation, proteolysis, and aggregation.
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There is little information on the management of anuria secondary to severe volume depletion or as a rare manifestation of heat stroke in areas of the world with very hot summers. We present our experience with hot weather-induced hyperuricaemia in Kuwait.
Published in 10 January 2003
Practice guidelines recommend deintensification of hypoglycemic agents among older adults with diabetes who are at high risk of hypoglycemia, yet real-world treatment deintensification practices are not well characterized.
Published in 11 January 2021
For more than 60 years, the synthetic opioid fentanyl has been widely used in anaesthesia and analgesia.
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Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical condition presented in emergency departments worldwide.
Published in 01 January 2017
There are numerous treatment options following traumatic dental injury (TDI). Systematic reviews of different treatments are challenging owing to the diversity of outcomes reported between clinical studies.
Published in 02 January 2018
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome in young women, with a wide clinical spectrum of severity. Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) can occur and worsen prognosis. The current study compared in-hospital and follow-up adverse cardiovascular events in patients with and without VA at presentation.
Published in 01 January 2020
Natalizumab and fingolimod are used as high-efficacy treatments in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Several observational studies comparing these two drugs have shown variable results, using different methods to control treatment indication bias and manage censoring. The objective of this empirical study was to elucidate the impact of methods of causal inference on the results of comparative effectiveness studies.
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Limited data exist on the cardiovascular manifestations and risk factors in people hospitalized with COVID-19 from low- and middle-income countries. This study aims to describe cardiovascular risk factors, clinical manifestations, and outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in low, lower-middle, upper-middle- and high-income countries (LIC, LMIC, UMIC, HIC).
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The benefits of β-blockers in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are controversial. The Gulf Survey of Atrial Fibrillation Events was a prospective, multinational, observational registry of consecutive patients with AF recruited from the emergency department (ED).
Published in 04 January 2018
To assess the compliance with hand hygiene guidelines among nursing staff in secondary care hospitals in Kuwait.
Published in 01 January 2011
To determine the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among 6- to 18-year-old Kuwaiti children.
Published in 01 January 2008
To determine the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among 6- to 18-year-old Kuwaiti children.
Published in 01 January 2008
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster doses decrease infection transmission and disease severity. This study aimed to assess the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in low, middle, and high-income countries of the East Mediterranean Region (EMR) and its determinants using the health belief model (HBM).
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Cardiovascular disease is the number 1 cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. The most common manifestation of cardiovascular disease is myocardial infarction (MI), which can ultimately lead to congestive heart failure.
Published in 03 January 2015
Differences in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) between men and women were investigated by using Gulf SAFE data in the Middle East. The study included 2,043 patients presenting with AF to emergency room (ER) were prospectively enrolled and followed for one-year.
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Natalizumab has proved to be more effective than fingolimod in reducing disease activity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Whether this association is universal for all patient groups remains to be determined.
Published in 11 January 2021
One of the major concerns in the practice of allergy is related to the safety of procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of allergic disease.
Published in 10 December 2016
Data on post stroke outcomes in developing countries are scarce due to uncoordinated healthcare delivery systems. In Malaysia, the national stroke clinical practice guideline does not address transfer of care and longer term post stroke care beyond tertiary care.
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