Publications by authors named "Amir Mangouri"
Background: Acute submassive a massive pulmonary embolism are known as leading causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in emergency departments. Choosing the optimal type of catheter directed thrombolysis (CDT) for treatment of pulmonary embolism presents a quandary to the practitioners. To the best of our knowledge, there is no meta-analysis comparing superiority of conventional CDT and ultrasound-accelerated catheter directed thrombolysis (USACDT).
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected healthcare systems, altering the allocation of resources and impacting people's willingness or ability to seek medical help for emergencies.
- A systematic review compared the incidence of medical emergencies before and during the pandemic, focusing on conditions needing urgent care.
- Findings revealed increased delays and complications in several medical emergencies during COVID-19, highlighting the need to address the resulting barriers to timely healthcare as a major health concern.
Introduction: Skin and soft tissue infections are important causes of outpatient visits to medical clinics or hospitals. This study aimed to review the literature for the accuracy of Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team (CREST) guideline in management of cellulitis in emergency department.
Method: Studies that had evaluated cellulitis patients using the CREST guideline were quarried in Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed database, from 2005 to the end of 2020.
Introduction: Recent studies have suggested that point-of-care ultrasonography can be used for confirming the placement of endotracheal tube. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography for confirming endotracheal tube placement.
Methods: In this meta-analysis, systematic search of the previous published papers investigating the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography for confirmation of endotracheal tube placement was performed.
Celiac artery is a visceral abdominal vasculature whose aneurysms are very rare, accounting for less than 0.01% of all aneurysms. This condition can be treated by open aneurysmectomy or aneurysmorrhaphy and endovascular intervention.
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