Evaluation of clinical and demographic features of childhood food allergy: A single-center experience.

Objective: Current evaluations of pediatric food allergies are very important, many studies have shown that the frequency of food allergies is increasing in the pediatric age group. In this study, we retrospectively investigated the epidemiology and clinical features to better understand the clinical effects of food allergy, to contribute to the literature on this subject, and to evaluate the data of our country.

Methods: The epidemiological and clinical data of patients with food allergies diagnosed at the Erciyes University Pediatric Allergy Outpatient Clinic between 2014 and 2019 were analyzed.

The first BGICC consensus and recommendations for breast cancer awareness, early detection and risk reduction in low- and middle-income countries and the MENA region.

In low-middle income countries (LMICs) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, there is an unmet need to establish and improve breast cancer (BC) awareness, early diagnosis and risk reduction programs. During the 12th Breast, Gynecological & Immuno-oncology International Cancer Conference - Egypt 2020, 26 experts from 7 countries worldwide voted to establish the first consensus for BC awareness, early detection and risk reduction in LMICs/MENA region. The panel advised that there is an extreme necessity for a well-developed BC data registries and prospective clinical studies that address alternative modalities/modified BC screening programs in areas of limited resources.

Association of insomnia with mania in Lebanese patients with bipolar disorder.

Objective: To assess: (1) the association between insomnia experienced at admission, sociodemographic and other patients' characteristics and mania; and (2) the variation of insomnia and mania before and after treatment in bipolar patients with manic episodes (type I).

Methods: Sixty-two patients were interviewed shortly after their admission to the hospital (after 3 to 5 days). The current symptoms experienced by the patients were assessed upon admission and again at discharge from the hospital.

Rapid tranquillisation in a psychiatric emergency hospital in Lebanon: TREC-Lebanon - a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of intramuscular haloperidol and promethazine intramuscular haloperidol, promethazine and chlorpromazine.

Background: Agitated patients constitute 10% of all emergency psychiatric treatment. Management guidelines, the preferred treatment of clinicians differ in opinion and practice. In Lebanon, the use of the triple therapy haloperidol plus promethazine plus chlorpromazine (HPC) is frequently used but no studies involving this combination exists.

Are eating disorders associated with bipolar disorder type I? Results of a Lebanese case-control study.

Objectives: To assess the association between disordered eating and bipolar disorder (BD).

Methods/design: A case-control study, conducted between April and September 2018, enrolled 50 patients and 50 controls.

Results: Higher eating attitude test scores were significantly associated with the presence of BD.