Publications by authors named "Ghaya Zeyad Alrais"
Background: Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonitis may progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring endotracheal intubation and prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV). There are limited data on the optimum time of tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients progressing to ARDS.
Methods: This was a retrospective observational study of all patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who progressed to ARDS requiring MV and undergone tracheostomy.
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- Polytrauma from road accidents frequently causes acute kidney injury (AKI), affecting hospital admissions and patient outcomes, with a noted AKI incidence of 30.5% among severely injured patients in Dubai.
- Higher Injury Severity Scores (ISS) and comorbidity indices show significant associations with AKI, indicating that severe injuries and pre-existing health conditions increase the risk of kidney damage.
- The presence of AKI results in longer hospital and ICU stays, increased mechanical ventilation needs, more ventilator days, and a higher mortality rate, significantly impacting patient prognosis.
Collection of air in the cranial cavity is called pneumocephalus. Although simple pneumocephalus is a benign condition, accompanying increased intracranial pressure can produce a life-threatening condition comparable to tension pneumothorax, which is termed tension pneumocephalus. We report a case of tension pneumocephalus after drainage of a cerebrospinal fluid hygroma.
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