Publications by authors named "M H Abu-Zaid"
Article Synopsis
- Nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) is a non-invasive technique that helps evaluate microangiopathy and has important diagnostic and prognostic implications for patients with Raynaud's phenomenon.
- The study aimed to create a standardized NFC report template by gathering expert consensus on essential domains through a Delphi questionnaire process involving two rounds of feedback from specialists.
- The final report template, developed from international expert input, meets an 80% approval threshold and can be utilized in both clinical practice and research within rheumatology.
Development of the paediatric society of the African league against rheumatism (PAFLAR) JIA registry and clinical profile of JIA in Africa from the PAFLAR JIA registry.
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J
July 2024
Background: The spectrum of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in Africa is still largely unknown. We thus set out to illustrate how we set up the PAFLAR JIA registry and describe the clinical profile of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis across various regions in Africa.
Methods: We carried out a retrospective observational cohort study where collaborators were trained on use of the existing PAFLAR REDCAP database to enter data for the JIA patients currently under their care capturing their epidemiological data, clinical features, laboratory investigations, diagnosis and therapy at initial diagnosis.
Background: Patients with relapsed primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor have low cure rates with salvage chemotherapy or surgery. The authors report survival outcomes of patients who received high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) at Indiana University.
Methods: The prospectively maintained Indiana University germ cell tumor database identified 32 patients with primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor who progressed after first-line cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy and received HDCT and PBSCT between 2006 and 2021.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to establish and validate specific cutoff values for the systemic Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score 10 (sJADAS10) to differentiate between various disease activity levels in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
- - Researchers used data from 400 patients across multiple countries, applying different methods to determine these cutoffs, ensuring robust validation through comparison of physician assessments.
- - The identified cutoffs were found to effectively separate inactive disease, minimal disease activity, moderate disease activity, and high disease activity, making them reliable for clinical use and research purposes.