Development of a novel and efficient biochar produced from pepper stem for effective ibuprofen removal.

A potential biochar from pepper stems (PS-biochar) was developed via a one-stage pyrolysis process of precursor at 700 °C and employed to adsorb ibuprofen (IBP) in water media. Results showed that PS-biochar was a carbonaceous mesoporous adsorbent with well-developed porosity (S = 727.5 m/g and V = 0.

High-flow nasal oxygen therapy decrease the risk of mortality and the use of invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia? A retrospective and comparative study of 265 cases.

Introduction: Corona virus disease (Covid-19) affects the airways and induces pulmonary lesions, patients with this disease require oxygen therapy as the disease progresses. Several oxygenation options have been used, l'HFNO had showed beneficial effects.

The Objective Of This Study: To evaluate the efficacy of high-flow nasal oxygen HFNO versus non-invasive ventilation in COVID-19.

Lymphopenia in Covid-19: A single center retrospective study of 589 cases.

Background: Lymphopenia is one of features that helps identify patients with severe Covid-19. This retrospectively study analyzed the association of lymphopenia with the severity of COVID-19 infection, determinate the predictive factors of lymphopenia and the significance of mortality in patient with lymphopenia.

Methods: This retrospective study included patients diagnosed with Covid-19 and admitted to intensive care unit of our university hospital center From Mars 1st 2020, to December 31st 2020.

General medicine, first-line medicine in Morocco: How is it perceived by medical students and how to enhance their interest in this career?

In Morocco, family medicine does not exist, and it is general medicine that plays the role of family medicine and is also first line medicine and primary care. The current medical school curriculum is not fully in harmony with the real health needs of the population. We questioned 6th and 7th year students about the pertinence of two rotations in general medicine, that is, in a health centre and a private practice, via an anonymous questionnaire disseminated online in June 2020.

Predictive factors of mortality related to COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study of 600 cases in the intensive care unit of the university hospital of Oujda.

Introduction: Although the corona virus is responsible in the majority of cases for mild symptoms, there are sometimes severe and even lethal forms of this disease. Our study aimed to identify clinical and para-clinical predictors of mortality related to COVID-19.

Materials And Methods: This is a single-center retrospective cohort study conducted from March 2020 to December 2020 at intensive care unit department of Mohamed VI University Hospital Oujda, Morocco including 600 patients with COVID-19.

[A new method for plastic repair of the inguinal canal in treating inguinal hernias].

An analysis of the 20-years experience with treatment of inguinal hernias is presented. Patients with "light" forms of inguinal hernias and with a good condition of the posterior wall, inconsiderable widening of the deep opening of the inguinal canal can be successfully treated by Martynov's and Girard's methods. In complicated forms of the inguinal hernia it is necessary to strengthen the posterior wall of the inguinal canal, in cases with big recurrent and repeatedly recurring hernias it must be completely reconstructed, often with the help of alloplasty.