Linguistic validation of the Epworth Sleep Scale among healthy individuals into Moroccan dialect.

Background/aim: We performed a linguistic validation of the original version of the Epworth Sleep Scale (ESS) into the Moroccan dialect according to Guillemin's guidelines.

Materials And Methods: After translating the English version of the ESS according to the standard guidelines, we asked 120 healthy subjects to complete the questionnaire twice with an interval of 10 days. We assess the acceptability and internal reliability by Cronbach's alpha coefficient, while for the test-retest reproducibility we use the interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) (95% confidence interval (CI)) and the kappa coefficient.

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Introduction: Globally and in Morocco, viral hepatitis is a major public health priority, and knowledge and awareness are essential in the combat against this disease.

Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of university students regarding viral hepatitis.

Methods: A descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study was conducted among students enrolled at Mohammed Premier University in Oujda, for the 2023-2024 academic year, using a self-administered and anonymous online questionnaire.

Psychoactive substance use and associated factors among Mohammed first university students, Oujda, Morocco: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The use of psychoactive substances, including tobacco, alcohol, and others, remains a major public health problem. However, few studies have been conducted on Moroccan university students. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of substance use among students at Mohammed First University, Oujda, Morocco.

A psychological insight of Moroccan adults' immunisation behaviour towards emergency vaccines.

Background: The psychology of vaccination behaviour explains how thoughts and feelings influence people's willingness to receive vaccines. Understanding vaccination behaviour is crucial to successfully managing vaccination campaigns.

Aim: Investigating factors associated with immunisation stress among students at Mohammed First University.

Abrupt introduction of distance learning during the covid-19 pandemic: What psychological impact on teachers?

As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic appeared, the Moroccan education ministry decided to adopt distance learning (DL). Our target was to study the psychological impact of DL on Moroccan teachers during the pandemic. This cross-sectional study used an online questionnaire based on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Therapeutic plasma exchange in the treatment of COVID-19 induced cytokine storm: the first Moroccan experience.

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.

Association between pancreatic cancer and diabetes: insights from a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Studies investigating the prevalence of pancreatic cancer have revealed a heightened risk of 1.5 to 2.0 times among individuals with long-standing type 2 diabetes mellitus.

End-stage kidney disease patients with severe coronavirus disease: clinical characteristics, biological data, and mortality in nephrology unit, short communication.

Unlabelled: Patients suffering from end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and their risk of death is higher than for the general population. The objective was to determine the epidemiologic profile at admission and mortality among patients presenting EKSD with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in the Nephrology unit between October 2020 and February 2022.

Does the Insulin Pump Improve Satisfaction and Glycaemic Control in Moroccan Patients with Type 1 Diabetes?

Insulin pump therapy is recommended more and more to achieve and maintain optimal glycaemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The objective of our study was to evaluate the satisfaction of patients using insulin pump therapy and to determine its effectiveness in improving metabolic control in type 1 diabetic patients. This is a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study including 20 type 1 diabetic patients treated by insulin pump, between 2017 and 2021.

C-Reactive Protein (CRP): A poor prognostic biomarker in COVID-19.

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.

Acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with COVID-19: prevalence, risk factors and mortality in eastern Morocco.

Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is commonly seen in critically ill hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and its incidence reaches 60% in this setting. The aim of this work was to determine the prevalence, characteristics, risk factors and mortality of AKI in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for COVID-19.

Patients And Methods: This observational retrospective case series was conducted between February 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 at the ICU of the university hospital Mohammed VI of Oujda, Morocco.

Acute Myocardial Injury Assessed by High-Sensitive Cardiac Troponin Predicting Severe Outcomes and Death in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Infection.

Background: Cardiac injury has been linked to a poor prognosis during COVID-19 disease. Nevertheless, the risk factors associated are yet to be thoroughly investigated.

Objectives: We sought to compare demographical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes in patients infected by the SARS-CoV-2 with and without cardiac injury, to further investigate the prevalence of acute cardiac injury as well as its impact on their outcomes in COVID-19-patients.

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.

Consumption of nephrotoxic plants among chronic hemodialysis patients in the Eastern region of Morocco: A multicentric cross-sectional study.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: The consumption of nephrotoxic plants is quite frequent in Morocco and could explain the high prevalence of indeterminate nephropathy in patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD).

Aim Of The Study: to determine, in a population of chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients and before the occurrence of ESKD, the prevalence of the use of nephrotoxic plants, in particular, Aristolochia longa L. (Bereztam) and the etiological role of plants in the rapid progression of known and unknown nephropathy toward the end stage of chronic hemodialysis.

Distant education in Moroccan medical schools following COVID-19 outbreak at the early phase of lockdown: Were the students really engaged?

The Coronavirus pandemic outbreak has induced many urgent adaptation measures in Morocco including medical education that had to abruptly adopt an exclusive distant education approach, without former sufficient preparation. The present study aimed to assess medical students' engagement in their acutely implemented distant learning and to identify factors that could be associated to the students' studying engagement levels. Medical students from 1st to 5th years of medical studies, enrolled in all Moroccan public medical faculties were invited to fill-in an anonymous online questionnaire.

Flexible insulin therapy improves metabolic control and decreases the risk of hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetic patients.

Introduction: flexible insulin therapy (FIT) is considered as a crucial turning point in the management of type 1 diabetes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of this optimum therapeutic approach on improving metabolic control and decreasing hypoglycemic events in patients with type 1 diabetes.

Methods: thirty-seven type 1 diabetic patients were included in a five days training programme of FIT.

Diabetes as a predictive factor for severe form and high mortality risk of COVID-19: Retrospective cohort study of 188 cases.

Introduction: Since the appearance of the first case of the SARS CoV 2 infection, several studies have been conducted to identify the predictive factors of mortality in patients with COVID-19. According to previous reports, diabetes seems to be associated with severe clinical forms of the new coronavirus (SARS CoV 2).Our study aimed to identify the epidemiological, clinical, radiological and prognostic profile of diabetic patients with COVID-19.

Therapeutic plasma exchange in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in intensive care unit: Cases series.

Introduction: COVID 19 pneumonia can lead to an inappropriate inflammatory response, and can be complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome, multivisceral failure with a high mortality rate.

Objective: To observe the effect of therapeutic plasma exchange on the excessive inflammatory response.

Materials And Methods: In this study, we included 7 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU) department of the university hospital of Oujda.