Publications by authors named "N A Nagi"
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- The study examined thyroid cancer cases at a hospital in Najran, Saudi Arabia, involving 279 patients from 2014 to 2021, primarily affecting women with a mean age of 42.8 years.
- Most patients (60.9%) underwent total thyroidectomy, with a significant number showing localized disease; papillary and follicular cancers were the most common types.
- Independent factors influencing mortality included older age, diabetes, certain cancer subtypes, and metastatic disease, with particularly high risks associated with tumor size and pulmonary metastasis.
Background: Despite advances in treatment, pancreatic cancer frequently has a low survival rate due to its advanced-stage diagnosis. Treatment focuses on prolonging survival and maintaining quality of life. This study investigates the characteristics associated with survival in advanced pancreatic cancer patients treated at a single academic cancer center in Najran, Saudi Arabia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The study explores the impact of significant interpretative breakpoint changes for aminoglycosides and piperacillin-tazobactam in Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, considering PK/PD, clinical data, and susceptibility on clinical reporting and use.
Procedure: Between January 2021 and June 2023, a total of 189,583 samples were processed for bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using disc diffusion method/VITEK® 2 Compact system/broth microdilution. WHONET software was utilised to capture and analyse the changes in the interpretation of disc diffusion method, following updates to CLSI M100 documents in comparison to previous editions.
Background: This in vitro study assessed the wear behavior of different CAD-CAM blocks and the abrasion of the enamel antagonist against these materials.
Methods: 64 disk-shaped specimens were prepared from 8 different CAD/CAM blocks as follow: one lithium disilicate glass ceramics block "IPS Emax CAD" as control group, two zirconia reinforced lithium silicate "Vita Suprinity & Celtra DUO," one interpenetrating network ceramic block "Vita Enamic," Three resin-based block composites "Lava Ultimate, Cerasmart & Brilliant-crios" as well as one hybrid nanoceramic "Shofu block HC". All specimens were mounted against canine and tested for two body wear analysis using a chewing simulating loading machine (100,000 cycles, 50 N, 5/55 °C).