Implementation of simulation training in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

Introduction: In response to the important influx of critically ill patients as well as resources limitation, simulation would be a tool ensuring the continuum of medical training.

Aim: To assess the impact of simulation training on both education and performance related to protocol development during COVID-19 pandemic, in critical care.

Methods: This scoping review was written in accordance with the PRISMA Guideline.

Nonpuerperal uterine inversion caused by an adenosarcoma: A case report.

Introduction: Eighty-five per cent of uterine inversions are puerperal. Non-puerperal uterine inversion is usually caused by tumours that exert a traction force on the fundus of the uterus. This causes the uterus to be partially or completely inverted.

Prevalence and prognosis of Computed-Tomography defined sarcopenia in Tunisian cirrhotic patients.

Introduction: Sarcopenia is an underdiagnosed and understudied complication of cirrhosis, especially in patients not undergoing liver transplantation.

Aim: To evaluate the prevalence and prognostic impact of radiological sarcopenia in non-transplanted cirrhotic patients.

Methods: Longitudinal retrospective study including cirrhotic patients explored by an abdominal CT scan, over a period of 6 years, in a single gastroenterology department in Tunisia.

Substance use disorder in the context of the economic crisis, covid-19 pandemic and social unrest: a cross-sectional study across Beirut (2020-2021).

Background: Substance use disorder (SUD) is related to the interplay of various factors. The primary objective of this study was to assess the variation in substance use (SU) among a set of Lebanese people undergoing treatment for SUD during the Lebanese economic crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, and Beirut Blast.

Methods: A cross-sectional study including Lebanese adults previously diagnosed with and being treated for SUD at the Skoun center was conducted.

Tuberculosis and Takayasu arteritis: a case report.

Background: Takayasu arteritis is a rare and chronic granulomatous vasculitis that affects the large vessels. Takayasu arteritis targets the aorta and its branches and is still of unknown etiology. It often affects female patients under 50 years of age.