From Thesis to Publication: Unveiling the Predictive Factors for Cardiology Research at a North African Faculty of Medicine (Tunisia).

Introduction: The benchmark of a medical thesis' success is often its acceptance for publication in an indexed journal.

Aim: To determine the publication rate of practice theses in the field of Cardiology at the Faculty of Medicine of Sousse (FMSo) in Tunisia and to identify predictive factors for successful publication.

Methods: We conducted a descriptive bibliometric analysis of Cardiology theses defended at FMSo from 2000 to 2019.

Unmet needs to admission in physical and rehabilitation inpatient department in Low and Middle Income Countries in 2023.

Background: Determining the needs to access to rehabilitation structures is essential for developing effective improvement strategies. The objective of this study was to determine the percentage of unmet needs to admission to rehabilitation and their associated factors.

Methods: It is a cross sectional study in the inpatient rehabilitation department Sahloul Hospital of Sousse, tertiary care center including all requests to admission.

An update on the access to inpatient rehabilitation facilities across Tunisia in 2023.

Introduction: Considering the growing global need and the complexity of health conditions, an intensive rehabilitation in inpatient departments is fundamental. Yet, in Tunisia, the distribution of Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities is not illustrated.

Aim: To perform an update concerning the rehabilitation's beds-ratio /1000 Tunisian-inhabitants in 2023.

Major mistakes in scientific medical writing based on manuscripts' reviews.

Introduction: Peer review is a crucial process in ensuring the quality and accuracy of scientific research. It allows experts in the field to assess manuscripts submitted for publication and provide feedback to authors to improve their work.

Aim: To describe mistakes encountered while peer reviewing scientific manuscripts submitted to "La Tunisie Médicale" journal.

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Aim: To identify the predictive factors for the publication of theses defended at the Faculty of Medicine of Sousse (FMSO) in Tunisia.

Methods: The development of the dissertation was studied following the interrogation of three databases "Medline", "Scopus" and "article @INIST" as well as "Scholar Google". The drafting quality of the thesis summary was assessed using a grid of 20 iso-weighted items.

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PDL1 and molecular biomarkers expression in non-small cell lung cancer in Tunisian patients.

In cancer treatment, programmed death-1 (PD-1) and programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitors are thriving. Activated T lymphocytes expressed PD-1, it works with its ligand PD-L1 to limit T lymphocyte activation and prevent autoimmune disease. The expression of molecular biomarkers and PD-L1 in lung cancer determines the appropriate treatment strategy for patients with lung cancer.

Effectiveness of natural immune protection against COVID-19 reinfection: systematic review with meta-analysis.

Introduction: The future of the COVID-19 pandemic depends on the evolution of the virus and immune protection stimulated by vaccination or upon exposure to natural infection. While most research focuses on vaccine efficacy, data remain unclear on the efficacy and duration of natural immune protection against infection.

Aim: In this article, we aim to determine the efficacy of natural immune protection against reinfection with COVID-19 or severe COVID-19.

Student's attitudes towards medical education in Arabic (Morocco 2020).

Introduction: Several studies suggest that teaching medicine in the national language is essential for quality training and for communication with patients.

Aim And Methods: To measure the students' level of understanding of their French language training and skills acquisition, as well as the difficulties they encounter in communicating with patients and their families, and the extent to which they accept medical studies in Arabic, we conducted a descriptive crosssectional study on a random sample of 450 students from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca.

Results: 16% of the students had trouble assimilating their lessons in French, 48.

[Evaluating the performance of Tunisian regional hospitals. Study Protocol of management delays of ST elevation myocardial infarction].

Research Problem: ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI+) is an absolute emergency. The young age of patients and the difficulty of access to care remain the main characteristics of STEMI+ management in Tunisia. In the governorate of Béja, located in the Northwestern region of Tunisia, given the lack of a cardiology interventional room in the hospital and in the private establishments of the region and the distance from the specialized centers of at least 127 km, the patient is beyond 90 min of the transfer.

[Epidemiology of smoking in the male population in Tunisia. HSHS Study 6].

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of smoking in the male population of Hammam Sousse (Tunisia), to describe its modalities and to analyse its determining factors.

Methods: This was a "community-based" study, carried out on a random sample of households, including a population of males aged 20 or over. The data were collected, at home, using a specific support consisting of a lifestyle questionnaire, a physical examination, and a biological assessment, oriented towards cardiovascular risk factors.

Epidemiology of obesity in Tunisia: HSHS4 study (Hammam Sousse Sahloul Heart Study).

Introduction: The HSHS study is a community-based survey focused on cardiovascular risk factors.

Aim: The objectives of this specific analysis were to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight in the general population of Hammam Sousse (Tunisia) and to identify their predisposing factors.

Methods: HSHS was conducted with a random sample of households, composed by the EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) technique.

Let's save the indexing of the journal "La Tunisie Médicale".

As part of the strategy to safeguard the indexing of the review «La Tunisie Médicale», and the consolidation of its scientific reputation, in Tunisia, the Maghreb and Africa, the new editorial team reported the lessons of a recent bibliometric audit for the management of manuscripts submitted to the journal «La Tunisie Médicale» during the period 2015-2019. During this five-year study, 2376 papers were received by the journal "La Tunisie Médicale", 87% of which came from Tunisia, particularly Cardiology, Pathological Anatomy and Cytology, and Pneumology. If 17% of the manuscripts persisted as «case reports», only 7% were summaries of the literature.

Epidemiology of metabolic syndrome in Tunisia. HSHS 5 study.

Objective: To measure the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in the HSHS cohort (Hammam Sousse, Tunisia), in 2009, and to identify its determining factors.

Methods: This was a descriptive epidemiological study of the "community based" type having focused on a random sample of people aged 20 and over. The metabolic syndrome was defined according to the criteria of the "International Diabetes Federation" (IDF 2005) and those of the "National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III" (NCEP-ATP III, 2001).

Contextual Validation of the Prediction of Postoperative Complications of Colorectal Surgery by the " " in a Tunisian Center.

Context: Models for predicting individual risks of surgical complications are advantageous for operative decision making and the nature of postoperative management procedures.

Objective: Validate the "ACS NSQIP Risk Calculator" in the prediction of postoperative complications during colorectal cancer surgery, operated during the years 2015 to 2019.

Methods: this is a prognostic validation study of the "ACS NSQIP" applied retrospectively to patients operated on for colorectal cancer in the surgical department of Farhat Hached hospital, during the 2015 and 2019 5-year term.

Place of distancing measures in containing epidemics: a scoping review.

Distancing is one of the barrier measures in mitigating epidemics. We aimed to investigate the typology, effectiveness, and side effects of distancing rules during epidemics. Electronic searches were conducted on MEDLINE, PubMed in April 2020, using Mesh-Terms representing various forms of distancing ('social isolation', 'social distancing', 'quarantine') combining with 'epidemics'.

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Objectives: Oral health problems are an important component of the overall burden of morbidity, determining the health status of populations and their expenditure on care. This study aims thus to analyze, through a literature review, the main indicators of oral health in the Maghreb countries between 1990 and 2020.

Methodology: A bibliographic search was conducted during the month of October 2020 on three databases (Pubmed, Sciences Direct and Cochrane).

Editorial quality of the doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Medicine of Sousse (Tunisia).

Objective: To assess the writing quality of the theses defended at the Faculty of Medicine of Sousse (FMSo).

Methods: This is a bibliometric, transversal and exhaustive study done on all theses defended at the FMSo between 2001 and 2005. The writing quality of the thesis was assessed, via double reading, by a grid applied to its abstract.

The journal "La Tunisie Médicale": Soon in the Q2 Quartile, on the SCImago platform.

The SCImago platform had just announced, at the beginning of 2022, the new position of the journal «La Tunisie Médicale» (ISSN: 0041-4131; IeSSN: 2724-7031) in the third quartile (Q3) of journals in the field. Medicine/General Medicine, with an SJR index (2021) of 0.29 and an Impact Score (2 years) of 0.

Epidemiology of dyslipidemia in Tunisia, HSHS 3 study (Hammam Sousse Sahloul Heart Study).

Introduction: Dyslipidemia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide because it increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia and its components in the general population of Hammam Sousse (Tunisia) and to identify its risk factors.

Methods: This was an analysis of the HSHS database (Hammam Sousse Sahloul Heart Study), a «community-based» cross-sectional study on cardiovascular risk factors including dyslipidemia, with a random sample in two-stages, proportional-probability clusters.