Assessment of Serum Hypoxia Biomarkers Pre- and Post-radiotherapy in Patients with Brain Tumors.

Hypoxia is a prevalent hallmark of many malignant neoplasms. The aim was to assess the serum hypoxia biomarkers HIF-1α, VEGF, osteopontin, erythropoietin, caveolin-1, GLUT-1, and LDH pre- and post-radiotherapy in patients with brain tumors. The study was conducted on 120 subjects were divided into two groups: group I: 40 healthy volunteers as control group.

Screening for Subclinical Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Functional and Radiological Methods.

Objective: Interstitial lung disease is the most frequent lung symptom of rheumatoid arthritis and is a significant contributor to morbid- ity. As a result, the target of this research was to measure the frequency of radiological and functional abnormalities in rheumatoid arthritis patients who did not have any respiratory symptoms.

Material And Methods: This study consists of 30 patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Eating Habits, and Social Bounds in Nurses during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Qatar (The PROTECTOR Study): A Cross-Sectional, Comparative Study.

Unlabelled: There have been numerous concerns regarding the physical and mental health of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stress, sleep deprivation, anxiety, and depression potentiated nurses' vulnerability to poor eating habits.

Aims And Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the differences between nurses' characteristics with COVID-19 facility designation, and sleep quality, depression, anxiety, stress, eating habits, social bonds, and quality of life.

Objective Thoracoscopic Criteria in Differentiation between Benign and Malignant Pleural Effusions.

Background: Thoracoscopy is the "gold standard" diagnostic modality for investigation of suspected pleural malignancy. It is postulated that meticulous assessment of the pleural cavity may be adequate to indicate malignancy through the macroscopic findings of nodules, pleural thickening, and lymphangitis. We attempted to critically assess this practice, by precisely defining objective macroscopic criteria which might differentiate benign from malignant pleural diseases according to intrapleural pattern and anatomical location, and thereby to explore the predilection of abnormalities to specific sites on pleural surfaces.

Evaluation of Fatigue among Older Population in Jordan.

: Fatigue among older adults has not received empirical attention in the Arabic region. Thus, this study aimed to assess the levels of fatigue and its related psychosocial factors and examine the predictors of fatigue in older Jordanians aged 60 years and more. This study used a cross-sectional design and our sample was 250 older adults receiving health services at comprehensive healthcare centers in Amman Governorate, the capital of Jordan.

Early-Onset Pneumonia After Liver Transplant: Microbial Causes, Risk Factors, and Outcomes, Mansoura University, Egypt, Experience.

Objectives: Pneumonia has a negative effect on the outcome of liver transplant. Our aim was to analyze early-onset pneumonia that developed within the first month after transplant.

Materials And Methods: This prospective single-center study included 56 adult living-donor liver transplant recipients; those who developed early-onset pneumonia based on clinical and radiologic criteria were investigated as to causative pathogens and then followed up and compared with other recipients without pneumonia to illustrate risk factors, outcomes, and related mortality of posttransplant pneumonia.

Adult cardiac critical care at the King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center.

Adult Cardiac Critical Cardiac Care division at the King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was created in 2011 to address the critical care needs of cardiac surgery and adult cardiology patients that were beyond the scope of their specialties. The division offers its services in two semi-closed intensive care units consisting of 17 beds of Level 3 care. The concept and rationale behind this relatively new subspecialty and its organization in our center are presented in this brief report.

Comparison of axial and anterior interbody fusions of the L5-S1 segment: a retrospective cohort analysis.

Study Design: Retrospective, multicenter review of 96 patients who underwent L5-S1 interbody fusions through either a standard anterior retroperitoneal approach or using a novel device inserted through the presacral space (AxiaLIF) in conjunction with supplemental posterior fixation between 2002 and 2010.

Objective: To compare the radiographic fusion rates and adverse events associated with anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) and AxiaLIF techniques.

Summary Of Background Data: Interbody fusions of the lumbosacral spine are frequently performed to provide anterior column support, increase the amount of surface area for bone formation, and facilitate deformity reduction.

Functional and radiographic outcomes after surgery for adult scoliosis using third-generation instrumentation techniques.

Study Design: Retrospective radiograph and chart review of 28 patients with adult idiopathic scoliosis undergoing primary corrective surgery. Clinical and radiographic parameters were assessed before surgery, after surgery, and at a 2-year follow-up assessment. A self-perceived outcome questionnaire was administered to the study patients at a minimum 2-year follow-up assessment.