Publications by authors named "Farah Heis"

Introduction: Primary lymphoma of the colon and rectum is an uncommon form of cancer comprising less than 0.5% of all colorectal tumors combined. Typically, extra nodal lymphomas manifest in the gastrointestinal tract, with non - Hodgkin lymphoma being the most frequent subtype and the stomach being the most common location.

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Unlabelled: There has been a recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States, mostly among men who have sex with men (MSM). It seems to be a self-limiting disease but can be potentially serious in immunocompromised patients. Monkeypox infection is transmitted mainly through skin-to-skin contact and possibly seminal and vaginal fluids.

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Background And Aim: The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) has become a standardised instrument to measure hospitalised patients' perception of care. Our hospital's HCAHPS scores for the 'communication with doctors' domain in medical service were suboptimal when compared with peer groups in December 2020. Our goal was to improve performance in the 'communication with doctors' domain to at least 50% from baseline over a 6-month period.

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Objective: The aim of the study is to identify the rates and trends of various procedures performed on newborns.

Study Design: The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) database for the years 2002 to 2015 was queried for the number of livebirths, and various procedures using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes. These were adjusted to the rate of livebirths in each particular year.

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Unlabelled: Prothrombin time (PT), first used in 1935, is the most commonly employed marker of coagulopathy to assess bleeding tendency. It is a screening test and measures the time in seconds to the formation of a clot after platelet-poor plasma has been mixed with a thromboplastin reagent consisting of tissue factor, lipids and calcium chloride ions. The International Normalized Ratio (INR) is a standardized number based on the PT of the patient.

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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) is a rare entity that usually presents with a constellation of symptoms such as fever, hypotension, gastrointestinal symptoms, cardiac dysfunction, or dermatological involvement, representing an inflammatory state. During the ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, several cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) have been described in the literature. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has acknowledged the increasing incidence of the same entity in adults, referred to as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A).

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Background: Prophylactic platelet transfusion has been adopted as a ubiquitous practice in management of thrombocytopenia in preterm infants to reduce the risk of bleeding.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to report the prevalence of platelet transfusion among preterm infants with thrombocytopenia and to assess the association of platelet transfusion with mortality and morbidity in this population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study that utilized National Inpatient Sample for the years 2000-2017 was conducted.

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Objectives: To assess the prevalence and outcomes of spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) in very low birth weight infants.

Study Design: This cross-sectional study utilized the National Inpatient Sample dataset for the years 2002-2017. All premature infants with birth weight (BW) <1500 g and with gestational age (GA) ≤32 weeks were included.

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Purpose: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas (PLMSP) is rare. The clinical features and outcomes are still unclear. The present study aims to identify the clinical features, outcomes, and racial differences of PLMSP.

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