Is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the COVID-19 era? An online survey.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 has necessitate the routine use of masks worldwide. This study assessed the relationship between wearing a facemask and dry eye disease (DED) among a sample of medical students in Jordan.

Methods: This cross-sectional online survey enrolled medical students from all medical schools in Jordan.

Atrial Fibrillation after Rheumatic Heart Valve Surgery: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes.

Background: Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery (AFACS) impacts 10 to 65% of patients. AFACS is associated with stroke and other systemic embolic manifestations.

Methods: Patients at our hospital who underwent valve surgery procedures including aortic valve replacement (AVR), mitral valve replacement (MVR), AVR with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), MVR with CABG, or AVR and MVR with/without CABG were included in this study in the period from .