Publications by authors named "H Sharara"
A 29-year-old man developed subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy 5 days after a spinal cord injury. He developed a fever and a blood culture showed an Alkaligenes spp. infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreoperative localization of pathologic parathyroids is crucial for minimally invasive treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). This study compared contrast-enhanced F-fluorocholine PET/CT, cervical ultrasonography (CU), and conventional scintigraphic imaging modalities (MIBI scintigraphy, consisting of Tc-sestamibi/I-sodium iodide SPECT/CT, Tc-sestamibi/I-sodium iodide planar subtraction imaging, and Tc-sestamibi planar dual-phase imaging), combined and individually, for preoperative localization of hyperfunctional parathyroids in PHPT. The gold standard was histologic examination.
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- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is commonly associated with eclampsia and preeclampsia, but its specific risk factors in pregnant patients are less understood.
- A study from 1997 to 2017 analyzed 151 eclampsia patients in an ICU, finding that 25 (16%) developed PRES, particularly in those over 25 and with recurrent seizures.
- Despite the occurrence of PRES, the overall maternal mortality rate for these patients was low at 4%, suggesting varying outcomes compared to existing literature.