Publications by authors named "A E Mahfouz"
Background: Integrating digital health and telemedicine technologies is transforming healthcare delivery. In light of this transition, it is critical to ascertain the efficacy of patient safety protocols and evaluate the awareness of healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, regarding the integration of digital health technologies.
Aim: This study examines the factors influencing the successful adoption of digital health and telemedicine technologies from the nurses' perspective, focusing on ensuring patient safety and enhancing organizational readiness for digital health integration.
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- The study investigates the relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children, using a case-control design to explore factors influencing NAFLD grades.
- Results show a significantly higher prevalence of H. pylori infection in children with NAFLD (64%) compared to a control group (25%), indicating a potential link between the two conditions.
- Key independent predictors for NAFLD identified in the study include H. pylori positivity, insulin resistance, waist circumference, and triglyceride levels, with H. pylori's CagA positivity correlating with higher grades of NAFLD.
Background: Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) are a novel class of oral antidiabetic drugs (ADDs). Studies evaluating the appropriateness of SGLT2is prescribing, and the factors associated with their initiation in the Middle East region are lacking.
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the appropriateness of prescribing SGLT2is based on indication, dosing, and contraindication and determine the factors associated with their initial prescribing.
Introduction: Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) provide valuable insights into the cellular states of kidney cells. However, the annotation of cell types often requires extensive domain expertise and time-consuming manual curation, limiting scalability and generalizability. To facilitate this process, we tested the performance of five supervised classification methods for automatic cell type annotation.
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- The study looked at women with major placenta previa who had many cesarean deliveries (C-sections) to see if they had more health problems.
- Researchers compared two groups: one with 2-3 C-sections and another with 4-7 C-sections.
- They found that women with more C-sections had a lot more complications, like serious bleeding and needing extra surgeries.