Publications by authors named "Anas Alrwashdeh"

Article Synopsis
  • - The case study discusses a 26-year-old man with severe sepsis and liver failure due to an infection from Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, leading to complications like septic shock, multi-organ failure, and respiratory issues that required intensive medical intervention.
  • - The infection progressed from initial symptoms like sore throat and abdominal pain to severe complications, necessitating intubation and drainage procedures, but ultimately stabilized with a 6-week course of antibiotics.
  • - A. haemolyticum is a rare cause of severe infections and should be considered in cases of bacterial pharyngitis, with penicillins as the primary treatment, while macrolides may serve as alternatives if initial treatment fails.
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Background: Color vision deficiency describes the inability to distinguish certain shades of color. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of having color vision deficiency on the accuracy of distinguishing benign and malignant skin lesions by naked-eye examination.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted during the period August 2020 to February 2021.

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Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the clinical phenotypic features of sarcoidosis in a single-center academic hospital in Jordan.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective file review was performed at an academic medical center in Jordan that included all patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis between January 2000 and December 2018. A total of 150 patients with sarcoidosis (38 males, 112 females; mean age 47.

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Introduction: The American College of Cardiology (ACC) in USA and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in Europe have issued around 25 practice cardiology guidelines since 2008. The attention and impact of these guidelines have not been investigated yet.

Aim: In this study, we aim to compare the attention brought up by ACC and ESC guidelines.

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 Altmetrics measure the impact of journal articles by tracking social media, Wikipedia, public policy documents, blogs, and mainstream news activity, after which an overall Altmetric attention score (AAS) is calculated for every journal article. In this study, we aim to assess the AAS for influenza related articles and its relation to the influenza season in the USA. This study used the openly available Altmetric data from Altmetric.

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