Publications by authors named "Alaa Alkhatib"
Aim: To quantify the economic burden associated with tobacco smoking among smokers aged 30-69 years, and second-hand smokers (SHS) aged 15-69 years in Jordan.
Materials And Methods: A prevalence-based analysis was conducted in alignment with the Economics of Tobacco Toolkit developed by the WHO. The time-horizon of the analysis was one year (2019).
Article Synopsis
- - Severe subcutaneous emphysema (SSE) is a condition characterized by a large buildup of air in the subcutaneous tissue, which can result from trauma, infections, or occur spontaneously.
- - A multicenter case series focused on four patients with SSE who underwent treatment using Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (INPWT), leading to significant improvements within 6 to 48 hours.
- - The findings suggest that INPWT is an effective treatment for SSE, and the authors recommend further research through randomized studies to refine patient selection and treatment protocols.
A Review of Left Ventricular Non-compaction Cardiomyopathy (LVNC).
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
November 2022
Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a rare congenital phenotype defined by the presence of prominent left ventricular trabeculae, deep intertrabecular recesses (continuous with the ventricular cavity), and a thin compacted layer. The most common presentation of LVNC is dyspnea (60%), followed by palpitations (18%), chest pain (15%), syncope (9%), and prior stroke (3%). LVNC presenting with acute myocardial infarction (MI) has rarely been reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Amputation for subungual malignancy (SUM) was thought to be the gold standard in preventing recurrence and metastasis. The rationale behind this aggressive treatment was never based on scientific evidence. Even though multiple recent studies supported more conservative management by illustrating successful results of the digit salvage technique, especially for "in situ" SUM, this salvage approach is not well supported for the more aggressive type of the "invasive" SUM; herein, we salvaged two cases of "invasive" SUM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: High neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is associated with poor overall survival (OS) in gastric cancer. This study evaluates whether NLR, in addition to other parameters including absolute neutrophil count (ANC), absolute lymphocyte count (ALC), absolute eosinophil count (AEC), absolute monocyte count (AMC), monocyte-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are associated with distant metastases, a common and poor prognostic feature of gastric cancer.
Methods: Clinical data from 502 gastric cancer patients treated at King Hussein Cancer Center (Amman, Jordan) have been retrospectively reviewed.