Publications by authors named "K Allou"
Gravitational stress occurs during space flights or certain physical activities including extreme sports, where the change in experienced gravitational acceleration can reach large magnitudes. These changes include reduction and increase in the physical forces experienced by the body and may potentially induce pathogenic alterations of physiological processes. The immune system is known to regulate most functions in the human organism and previous studies suggest an impairment of the immune function under gravitational stress.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Do the state of affairs of the perception of free drug samples by a group of prescribers of drugs in the Morocco.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 381 physicians practising in different sectors (public, private) using a self-administered anonymous questionnaire, conducted between December 2016 and March 2017. The questionnaire focused on assessing the general knowledge of prescriber on free drug sample, medical visit of medical representative of pharmaceutical laboratory, drug prescribing and free drug sample use.
Background: In this study, we primarily sought to assess the ability of flow cytometry to predict early clinical deterioration and overall survival in patients with sepsis admitted in the ED and ICU.
Methods: Patients admitted for community-acquired acute sepsis from 11 hospital centers were eligible. Early (day 7) and late (day 28) deaths were notified.
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the use of minimal residual disease (MRD) assessment in acute myeloblastic leukemia as a prognostic tool, utilizing multiparameter flow cytometry (MFC) to track leukemia-specific immunophenotypes for better patient outcomes.
- Conducted across 10 different MFC centers with 276 patients, it established a standardized method for analyzing MRD using specific immunophenotypic markers, leading to consistent results in monitoring disease status.
- Findings reveal that negative MRD levels significantly correlate with better survival rates, while any positive MRD levels indicate poorer outcomes, regardless of cytogenetic risk factors, thus proving MRD's critical role in patient stratification.