Publications by authors named "Robert Saad"
Objectives: To compare the psychometric properties of three OHRQoL indicators (GOHAI, OHIP-14, and OHIP-EDENT) in a group of complete edentulous subjects and to explore the ability of these instruments to distinguish between individuals with different prosthetic and oral health status.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Edentulous individuals aged 60 years and more were recruited between January 2019 and February 2020 in a medical and dental care centers.
Background: Measuring health status of elderly is essential for the prediction of their health care needs. Health research usually considers objective outcome measure; however there is a need to increase self-reported measures of health.
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the SF36 among a group of Lebanese elderly.
Background And Purpose: In hospitals, poor nutritional status could be associated with a higher incidence of nosocomial infections, postoperative complications and mortality. Subsequently the costs of providing health care and social services will increase. Malnutrition has often been described as the skeleton in the hospital closet, as it is often ignored, undiagnosed and untreated.
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- - The study investigates the oral health status of Lebanese seniors, focusing on how socioeconomic status (SES) affects their health outcomes, as they are often overlooked in health policy-making.
- - Data was collected from 264 participants across different clinics in Beirut, revealing that factors like residence, education, and employment significantly influenced oral health perceptions and dental conditions.
- - Findings show a notable disparity in oral health, with participants from low SES backgrounds experiencing more missing and decayed teeth, highlighting a need for further research into the psychosocial and behavioral factors at play.
Background & Aims: Improvement of nutritional status and perception of oral health are supposed to be different with complete conventional denture or implant-supported fixed or removable prostheses. Since no study has been conducted in Lebanon, the aim of our study was to assess the nutritional status and oral heath related quality of life (OHRQoL) in totally edentulous patients after treatment with complete denture or implant supported-prostheses.
Material And Methods: This was an observational clinical prospective study.
Objectives: We sought to evaluate whether ejection dynamics, particularly acceleration time (AT) and the ratio of AT to ejection time (ET), can differentiate prosthetic aortic valve (PAV) stenosis from controls and prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM).
Background: Diagnosing PAV stenosis, especially in mechanical valves, may be challenging and has significant clinical implications.
Methods: Doppler echocardiography was quantitated in 88 patients with PAV (44 mechanical and 44 bioprosthetic; age 63 ± 16 years; valve size range 18 to 25 mm) of whom 22 patients had documented PAV stenosis, 22 had PPM, and 44 served as controls.
A 52 year old female presented for two weeks of acute onset dyspnea on exertion. She was found to be hypoxic with a room air saturation of 88%. Baseline echocardiogram was normal with the exception of aortic root dilation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The association between periodontal disease and coronary artery disease (CAD) has been investigated in numerous studies with inconsistent results. Resolving these differences is complicated by the use of varying definitions of CAD. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between angiographically-defined CAD and periodontal disease.
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