Publications by authors named "Hawazin Alqahtani"
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- Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have been found to standardize patient care and improve outcomes, particularly in feeding after gastrostomy insertion with or without Nissen fundoplication.
- A retrospective study showed that implementing an ERAS feeding protocol significantly reduced the time until patients reached full feeds and shortened their hospital stay without increasing postoperative complications.
- The study, conducted at a single center with 224 patients over several years, has limitations such as being specific to one hospital and reliant on accurate medical record-keeping, which may affect the generalizability of the results.
is defined as free air in the mediastinum without an explanation or known cause. Late preterm neonates are rarely affected; however, a known risk factor is aggressive resuscitative maneuvers. Moreover, spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare cause of neonatal respiratory distress diagnosed in the post-natal period using chest radiography.
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