Publications by authors named "Haitham Al-Wahab"
Trends in Disease Severity Among Critically Ill Children With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study in the United States.
Pediatr Crit Care Med
January 2023
Article Synopsis
- This study assessed trends in pediatric critical illness due to SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on differences between the Omicron wave in January 2022 and the original outbreak in March 2020.
- It found that while PICU admissions were seven times higher during the Omicron period, the need for endotracheal intubation was either reduced or unchanged, suggesting that younger patients may have been affected differently.
- The study included 267 patients, highlighting the importance of ongoing research into the varying impacts of COVID-19 on children throughout different phases of the pandemic.
The current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has been particularly challenging for the clinician because of the unclear nature of the underlying disease mechanisms. One of the hallmarks of the disease involves an increased risk of thrombosis and hypercoagulable state. Here, we describe 2 cases of patients admitted with submassive pulmonary embolism in the setting of positive tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe role of weak hydrogen-bonds on the formation of short-lived molecular associations.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
March 2007
Weak molecular homo- and hetero-associations among some ethene derivatives and several common solvents are studied using (1)H NMR spectroscopy. In connection with the aromatic-solvent induced shifts which is a special case of molecular association between aromatic solvents and polar molecules a model for association was suggested that involves the interaction of the positive end of the solute dipole with the aromatic pi-electrons. This model met with certain difficulties.
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