Publications by authors named "E Abidi"
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- - Smoking, especially chronic smoking, poses a significant health risk by increasing the chances of heart-related diseases and causing damage to the heart's structure and function through oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction.
- - This study examines how chronic cigarette smoke interacts with the oral contraceptive ethinylestradiol in premenopausal females, revealing that their combination leads to negative changes in heart structure, such as larger left ventricular size and increased heart mass.
- - Results indicate that this combination triggers an inflammatory response, with elevated inflammatory markers and collagen deposition, suggesting it may lead to heart conditions similar to dilated cardiomyopathy.
Background And Objective: Extending a consistent pharmacy antimicrobial stewardship weekend service was a newly implemented initiative. We sought to evaluate the impact of incorporating an Infectious Diseases (ID)-trained clinical pharmacist into an antimicrobial stewardship program (AMS) during weekends.
Results: The number of documented interventions was 451 on 362 patients compared to 115 interventions on 108 patients during the pre-implementation period ( = 0.
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- In February 2024, a course on cytotaxonomy took place in Pisa, Italy, where scientists used image analysis software to see if different people could give different results when measuring plant cells.
- They found that people measuring short arms of cell structures might make them look longer than they really are.
- To get more accurate and consistent measurements, they suggested making a standard way to measure these cell parts.
This manuscript presents a proof-of-concept for a generalizable strategy, the full algorithm, designed to estimate disease risk using real-world clinical tabular data systems, such as electronic health records (EHR) or claims databases. By integrating classic statistical methods and modern artificial intelligence techniques, this strategy automates the production of a disease prediction model that comprehensively reflects the dynamics contained within the underlying data system. Specifically, the full algorithm parses through every facet of the data (e.
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- The study investigates the effectiveness of two antibiotics, ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) and ceftolozane-tazobactam (C/T), in treating multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in patients on renal replacement therapy.
- A total of 45 patients were analyzed, with similar clinical cure rates for both CZA (48%) and C/T (60%), and no significant differences in outcomes such as microbiologic cure, recurrence, or 30-day mortality.
- The results suggest that both antibiotics are equally effective for clinical cure in the studied population, but further research with larger sample sizes is necessary to validate these findings.