Maternal and fetal health outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus pregnancies in the Emirati population: A comparative study.

Objectives: To evaluate adverse pregnancy outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), compare their maternal and fetal outcomes with those of age-matched pregnant women without SLE, and identify factors linked to increased risks of adverse outcomes.

Methods: Medical records from Tawam Hospital were reviewed retrospectively to identify patients with SLE and a history of pregnancy. Demographics, clinical variables, and maternal and fetal outcomes were obtained.

Hospitalization in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus at Tawam Hospital, United Arab Emirates (UAE): Rates, causes, and factors associated with length of stay.

Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a relapsing and remitting multiorgan disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The survival rate of patients with SLE has recently improved, which was associated with increased morbidity and hospitalization rates. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the rate and causes of hospitalization in patients with SLE and explore factors associated with increased length of stay (LOS).

Effect of angiotensin II on diabetic glomerular hyperpermeability: an in vivo permeability study in rats.

Angiotensin II drives the pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease, and its systemic administration induces glomerular hyperpermeability in normal rats. However, the response of diabetic glomerular permeability to angiotensin II is largely unknown. In the present study, we investigated the impact of extended systemic administration of angiotensin II on the glomerular permeability of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced late diabetes in rats.

Does performance on United States national board of medical examiners reflect student clinical experiences in United Arab Emirates?

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. A number of medical schools around the world use the United States National Board of Medical Examiners Subject Examinations as a clerkship assessment of student performance, yet these exams were blueprinted against the United States national core clerkship curriculum which might not be the same as the local curricula to which they are applied in other parts of the world.

Job Accommodations Availability and Utilization Among People With Lupus: An Examination of Workplace Activity Limitations and Work Context Factors.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the availability of diverse job accommodations (or flexible working arrangements) and to describe their use among people with systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus), as well as to examine factors associated with the use of job accommodations.

Methods: A mail survey was sent to adult lupus patients receiving care from a lupus clinic based in Toronto, Canada. The survey assessed demographic information, self-reported disease activity, work history, workplace activity limitations, job strain, and the availability and use of job accommodations.

Work factors are associated with workplace activity limitations in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the extent of workplace activity limitations among persons with lupus and to identify factors associated with activity limitations among those employed.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using a mailed survey and clinical data of persons with lupus who attended a large lupus outpatient clinic. Data were collected on demographics, health, work factors and psychosocial measures.

Work disability in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objective: To determine the prevalence, accrual over time, and risk factors of work disability in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Methods: We studied 432 patients from an inception cohort. Work disability was measured from a single self-report question.

Meningeal involvement in Wegener's granulomatosis.

We describe a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) who developed neurological symptoms attributed to meningeal involvement. The diagnosis of WG was complicated by persistently negative antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) and lack of specificity in the histopathological findings from multiple anatomical sites. This rare neurological manifestation of WG was treated successfully with oral cyclophosphamide and the patient has continued remission for 3 years taking oral methotrexate.