Publications by authors named "M Alkhamis"
Background Maternal diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for congenital heart diseases (CHDs), which are of significant concern to infants born to diabetic mothers. Compared to newborns born to non-diabetic mothers, infants born to diabetic mothers had a higher overall risk of developing congenital malformations. This association has a complex pathophysiology that includes genetic predispositions, metabolic abnormalities, and environmental factors during key stages of fetal development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContinuous surveillance is critical for early intervention against emerging novel SARS-CoV-2 variants. Therefore, we investigated and compared the variant-specific evolutionary epidemiology of all the Delta and Omicron sequences collected between 2021 and 2023 in Kuwait. We used Bayesian phylodynamic models to reconstruct, trace, and compare the two variants' demographics, phylogeographic, and host characteristics in shaping their evolutionary epidemiology.
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- - This study evaluates the effectiveness and safety of mometasone furoate (MTF), a corticosteroid, in treating nasal polyps (NP) by reviewing randomized controlled trials published from January 1995 to July 2024.
- - Researchers followed PRISMA guidelines to systematically analyze data from 834 publications, resulting in a review of 1,710 patients to assess primary outcomes like polyp size and nasal congestion, along with secondary outcomes like nasal symptoms and quality of life.
- - The findings indicate that mometasone furoate nasal spray significantly alleviates nasal symptoms and reduces the size of nasal polyps in affected patients.
: The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge, perception, attitude, and self-efficacy of psychiatrists regarding the role of occupational therapy in mental health practice. : This study utilized a cross-sectional design to examine the perspectives of psychiatrists from various Middle Eastern countries on occupational therapy practice. A self-developed tool was mainly used to assess occupational therapy knowledge, autonomy, attitude, and self-efficacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEating disorders (EDs) are among the most dangerous mental illnesses, that are characterized by high mortality rates, multisystem comorbidity, and an often chronic and relapsing disease course. EDs occur most commonly in the female gender, with a ratio of 10 females to 1 male for anorexia nervosa (AN). We present the case of a 15-year-old Saudi boy who presented with weight loss (BMI 11.
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