Publications by authors named "Ahmed Elballat"
Article Synopsis
- Systemic thrombolysis (ST) is the standard treatment for high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), but catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) may pose a lower bleeding risk; trends and outcomes for high-risk PE treatments remain poorly documented.
- A study analyzing data from 74,516 hospitalized patients with high-risk PE between 2016-2019 found that the majority received no lytic therapy (NLT), while ST and CDT were used less frequently; those receiving NLT were typically older and had more female patients.
- The findings revealed higher in-hospital mortality rates for ST compared to CDT and NLT, with CDT showing significantly lower rates of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated adaption of a telehealth care model. We studied the impact of telehealth on the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) by electrophysiology providers in a large, multisite clinic. Clinical outcomes, quality metrics, and indicators of clinical activity for patients with AF during the 10-week period of March 22, 2020 to May 30, 2020 were compared with those from the 10-week period of March 24, 2019 to June 1, 2019.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: several studies have been reported piperacillin-tazobactam (TAZ / PIPC)-associated AKI with various frequencies. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of TAZ/PIPC- associated AKI among our patients and to identify the risk factors for this clinical entity.
Methods: this retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at Hamad General Hospital; it involved adult patients who were admitted from January 2017 to December 2017.