Publications by authors named "Mohamed Zakaria Bouayed"

Introduction: COVID-19 induced cytokine storm is a well-documented phenomena that contributes significantly in the disease's evolution and prognosis. Therefore, therapies such as therapeutic plasma exchange, constitute a mainstay of therapeutic management especially for critically-ill patients.

Methods: We conducted a monocentric retrospective cohort study in the Resuscitation Department of the Mohammed VI University Hospital of Oujda-Morocco, to evaluate the efficiency of therapeutic plasma exchange on critically-ill COVID-19 patients over a 6 months period.

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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be rampant with considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide since its emergence in December 2019. Several studies have focused on identifying different predictive factors of poor prognosis, including biological markers, such as C Reactive Protein among others. The objective of our work was to determine whether the CRP levels on admission to the intensive care unit are predictive of an unfavorable evolution of patients with COVID-19 through the experience of the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of Oujda and to compare our results with those reported in the literature.

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Introduction: Cade oil is often used in traditional medicinal practices despite of its toxic effects, hence the occurrence of intoxication incidents often requiring intensive care.

Case Presentation: We present the case of a young patient with no prior medical history who was exposed to significant doses of Cade oil both on skin and ingested, and who subsequently developed an apyretic consciousness disorder warranting an admission to our ICU department for specialized management.

Discussion: in this chapter we discuss the place of cade oil within Morocco's unsupervised medicinal practices.

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