Publications by authors named "Acile Nahlawi"
Talking to Your Patients About Psychedelics: Using an Informed Approach and Understanding Indications, Risks, and Benefits.
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord
October 2024
The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. During their twice-weekly rounds, Dr Stern and other members of the Consultation Service discuss diagnosis and management of hospitalized patients with complex medical or surgical problems who also demonstrate psychiatric symptoms or conditions. These discussions have given rise to rounds reports that will prove useful for clinicians practicing at the interface of medicine and psychiatry.
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- Vernakalant is an intravenous anti-arrhythmic drug used for converting paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) into sinus rhythm, but it is not FDA-approved due to safety concerns.
- The study evaluated vernakalant's effectiveness and safety by focusing on patients with paroxysmal AF treated at the American University of Beirut Medical Center between 2015 and 2020.
- Out of 23 patients, 61% achieved conversion to sinus rhythm within 90 minutes, with additional side effects like bradycardia reported in some cases.
Background Takotsubo syndrome (TS) and myocardial infarction (MI) share similar clinical and laboratory characteristics but have important differences in causes, demographics, management, and outcomes. Methods and Results In this observational study, the National Inpatient Sample and National Readmission Database were used to identify patients admitted with TS, type 1 MI, or type 2 MI in the United States between October 1, 2017, and December 31, 2019. We compared patients hospitalized with TS, type 1 MI, and type 2 MI with respect to key features and outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy: What are predictors of myocardial recovery?
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
April 2021
Background: The aim of this study was to assess recent trends in medical research productivity in Arab countries.
Methods: We collected bibliometric data for the world countries, Arab countries, and Arab institutions for 2007-2016, using Essential Science Indicators, Journal Citation Reports, and Web of Science database. We collected the number of published papers overall and per year, citations per paper, and number of papers published in top quartile and top 10% journals.
Background: Low- and middle-income countries adapt World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines instead of de novo development for financial, epidemiologic, sociopolitical, cultural, organizational, and other reasons.
Objective: To systematically evaluate reported processes used in the adaptation of WHO guidelines for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB).
Methods: We searched three online databases/repositories: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) AIDS Support and Technical Resources - Sector One program (AIDSTAR-One) National Treatment Database; the AIDSspace Guideline Repository, and WHO Database of national HIV and TB guidelines.