Publications by authors named "Georges Naufal"
Purpose: This paper examines the cost-effectiveness of an asthma-related education program.
Materials And Methods: Using a pre and post approach, the paper calculates first changes in cost due to variations in outcome (from baseline to follow-up). We also estimate cost-effectiveness ratios for each of the eight outcomes (numbers of asthma attacks, hospital, and ER visits, and physical and emotional health, and activity levels of both children and family members).
Background: Diabetes mellitus affects almost 10% of U.S. adults, leading to human and financial burden.
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- Successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) requires a specific dose of total nucleated cells (TNCs), with 2 × 10 TNCs per kg of recipient weight as the minimum for effective engraftment.
- An algorithm that takes into account baseline donor characteristics can help in predicting TNC concentrations, which vary significantly across donors.
- Analysis of donor data revealed that factors like higher body mass index, younger age, male sex, and certain preharvest blood counts strongly correlate with higher TNC concentrations, and two predictive models, LASSO and OLS, showed the best fit for this prediction.