Publications by authors named "Louay Zaghlol"
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- Acute kidney injury (AKI) is linked to higher in-hospital mortality for patients on veno-arterial ECMO, but the specific effects of KDIGO AKI stages have not been fully studied.
- A retrospective analysis of 179 patients revealed that as age increases, the odds of mortality within 30 days rise by 4%, and any presence of AKI increases mortality odds by 59%.
- Higher KDIGO stages of AKI are associated with increased mortality risk at 30 days, indicating that further research is necessary to confirm these preliminary findings.
Objectives: Preoperative transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) before hip fracture repairs are controversial. This study aimed to quantify the frequency of ordering TTE, the appropriateness of testing based on current guidelines, and the impact of TTE on in-hospital morbidity and mortality outcomes.
Methods: This retrospective chart review of adult patients admitted with hip fracture compared the length of stay (LOS), time to surgery, in-hospital mortality, and postoperative complications between TTE and non-TTE groups.
Background: Continuous infusion of ambulatory inotropic therapy (AIT) is increasingly used in patients with end-stage heart failure (HF). There is a paucity of data concerning the concomitant use of beta-blockers (BB) in these patients.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all patients discharged from our institution on AIT.
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- The study aimed to explore how reducing medication doses for diabetes affects the risk of glycemic issues in individuals fasting during Ramaḍān.
- Conducted in Amman, Jordan, 687 type 2 diabetes patients were randomly assigned to either low or regular medication doses; 678 completed the trial to evaluate incidences of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.
- Results showed that those on lower doses had significantly fewer hypoglycemic episodes while hyperglycemia rates were similar between the two groups, highlighting the safety of dosage reduction during fasting.
Context: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma. Uncommonly, PTC is associated with multiple genetic alterations and chromosomal abnormalities and displays familial patterns of inheritance. Parental consanguinity increases susceptibility to many genetic disorders.
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