Publications by authors named "Ghada A Sagah"
Introduction: Burn trauma is a devastating, life-threatening public health issue responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. Developing countries suffer more from the medical, psychological, and economic consequences of burns. The current study aimed to investigate the medicolegal aspects of burn trauma by identifying the epidemiological factors and injury characteristics associated with increased risk of mortality, intentional infliction, and different types of complications.
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- Theophylline is a medication for respiratory diseases but can be toxic, leading to severe complications that may require ICU admission and mechanical ventilation.
- This study evaluated the effectiveness of three different scoring systems (REMS, MEWS, SCS) in forecasting the need for intensive medical care in patients suffering from acute theophylline poisoning.
- Results showed that SCS is a reliable early predictor for ICU admission, while MEWS is highly effective in predicting the need for mechanical ventilation, highlighting the importance of early assessment in these patients.
Body mass index as a predictor of the outcomes of acute clozapine toxicity: a cross-sectional study.
Toxicol Res (Camb)
August 2023
Acute antipsychotic overdose is frequently reported nowadays. Clozapine is one of the atypical agents that are highly lipophilic, highly protein-bound, has a large volume of distribution, and accumulates in the brain and other tissues. Obesity is an essential factor controlling patients' treatment and clinical course.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate potential oxidative stress in patients with acute phosphide poisoning and the effect of vitamin C.
Methods: Participants were females and divided into three groups; group I: healthy volunteers group II: healthy volunteers received vitamin C, group III: patients with acute phosphide poisoning received the supportive and symptomatic treatment and group IV: patients with acute phosphide poisoning received the supportive and symptomatic treatment in addition to vitamin C. All the participants were subjected to thorough history, clinical examination, ECG and laboratory investigations were carried on collected blood and gastric lavage samples on admission.