Publications by authors named "Falah Abu Hassan"
Gastrointestinal angiodysplasia (GIAD) is the presence of aberrant blood vessels in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract that can lead to GI bleeding. There has been an increase in the incidence of GI angiodysplasia, partly due to the availability of better diagnostic techniques. The cecum is known as the most common site for GIAD; therefore, GIAD is considered a frequent cause of lower GI bleeding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWorsening hiatus hernia (HH) symptoms have been well recognized as a complication of gastric banding, however, it has not yet been explored whether gastric banding plays a role in the development of HH de novo in patients undergoing gastric banding. From the 696 studies identified, five studies met the eligibility criteria and were included. Data was extracted from PubMed, Embase, Medline, HMIC, and Web of Science databases.
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- Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis involves the spread of cancerous cells to the lungs' lymphatic system, causing inflammation and swelling, and is often seen in people with a history of cancer.
- The symptoms usually affect the respiratory system, but some patients may present atypically, and initial chest x-rays may not show clear signs of the disease.
- Diagnosis may require advanced imaging techniques and tissue analysis, and once identified, the prognosis is generally poor, with treatment focusing on the underlying cancer, as demonstrated in a rare case of a man without prior cancer history.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a myriad of different presentations and various complications. Aortitis is one of the less explored pathologies associated with COVID-19 infections. In this review, we searched PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Scopus for case series and case reports involving adults patients who presented with aortitis and COVID-19.
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- ERCP procedures can pose risks, and this study investigates how previous heart conditions like myocardial infarction (MI) or surgeries like PCI and CABG affect outcomes for patients undergoing ERCP from 2007-2014.
- Out of over 1.3 million ERCPs, nearly 121,000 were in patients with a history of heart issues; these patients were generally older and had higher mortality and complication rates, including sepsis and hemorrhage.
- Despite these risks, patients with a prior history of heart problems had a slightly lower occurrence of post-ERCP pancreatitis, and hospital stay lengths and charges were similar compared to those without heart issues.
Background: Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a life-threatening oncologic emergency associated with fatal complications including arrhythmia. The epidemiology and mortality outcomes of arrhythmia in TLS are scarcely studied in the literature.
Methods: We used the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) to study the prevalence and outcome of arrhythmia in patients hospitalized with TLS (ICD-9 code 277.
Patients with COVID-19 present with a myriad of comorbidities. An immunocompromised state like HIV in patients with COVID-19 can be life-threatening. We searched PubMed/Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science for case reports and case series about COVID-19 in HIV patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To analyze the sex-based differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors and outcomes in older patients with prediabetes using demographically matched national cohorts of hospitalized patients aged ≥65 years.
Methods: We queried the 2007-2014 National Inpatient Database to identify older patients (>65 years) admitted with prediabetes using ICD-9 Clinical Modification codes. The older patients were then subcategorized based on sex.