Predictive indices like the atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) have been developed to estimate the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Metabolic surgery is the most effective treatment for a rapid improvement of morbid obesity and its comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes (T2D) and CVD. A decreased reoccurrence of CVD after metabolic surgery has been reported by several studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Angiopoietin-like 8 (ANGPTL8) a hepatic protein, is implicated by several studies with a role in promoting pancreatic β-cell proliferation and improving glucose tolerance. Although a matter of controversy, a growing number of reports support ANGPTL8's potential, yet unclear, role in type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Objectives: To examine changes in fasting ANGPTL8 level in people with morbid obesity, with or without diabetes after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in a 1-year prospective study.
Background: The aim of our study was to determine the therapeutic effect of low-molecular weight heparin after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
Methods: We prospectively analyzed data of 39 patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass from 1093 consecutive patients who underwent bariatric procedures from May 1999 to May 2012. All patients were given 40 mg enoxaparin subcutaneously once daily preoperatively and continued for 5 days.
Background: Despite the availability of several methods (invasive and noninvasive) for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection, no test is considered to be the 'gold standard'. Endoscopy-based tests are regarded as the reference method in most studies.
Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of imprint cytology smears of antral biopsies compared with Gram-stained smears, the rapid urease test and culture methods, separately and in combination.
Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity has been established as an effective treatment method and has been shown to be associated with resolution of co-morbidities. Despite its success, some patients may require revision because of weight regain or mechanical complications. From September 2005 to December 2009, 42 patients underwent revisional Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To report a case of penetrating cardiac injury with patient's survival.
Clinical Presentation And Intervention: A 23-year-old man stabbed with a knife to the epigastric area just below the right costal margin was brought to the Emergency Room, Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait, in a state of shock. Aggressive resuscitation was performed, chest X-ray showed no evidence of hemo- or pneumothorax.
Objective: To report a case of splenic artery aneurysm that ruptured during labor with both maternal and fetal survival.
Clinical Presentation And Intervention: A 33-year-old primigravida at 42 weeks of gestation was admitted to Adan Hospital for induction of labor. Three days after induction, the patient suddenly collapsed and was found to be hypotensive.