Publications by authors named "Saloua Azzabi"
Background Lung cancer is the main cause of death from cancer in the world. The 5-year survival is about 15%. Despite the progress of medicine the mortality rate decreased only marginally.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Conventional biomarkers lack sensitivity and specificity for acute pulmonary Community (PAC). Procalcitonin (PCT) has been described in the literature for its usefulness in the PAC. The aim of our work was to study the contribution of the PCT in the positive diagnosis of PAC and in the initial assessment of the severity and the interest of CRP and PCT to distinguish lung infections from tuberculous origin of the PAC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The spread of smoking among women in Tunisia has reached alarming proportions because of increasing smoker rate, the younger age of smoking initiation and therefore its duration.
Aim: Identify predictors of success or failure of smoking cessation, Methods: we conducted a retrospective study (January 2008-June 2011), including 101 female smokers (19.8%) among 510 smokers of both sexes undergoing smoking cessation interventions.
Article Synopsis
- Severe obesity (BMI >30) can lead to obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), often associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), characterized by low oxygen and high carbon dioxide levels in the blood.
- A study over four years involving 62 obese patients with OSAS showed that while both groups had similar demographics and OSAS severity, those with OHS had significantly higher levels of obesity (BMI >40) and more severe blood gas disturbances.
- The findings suggest that the degree of obesity is a key factor in developing OHS among patients with OSAS, indicating that while OHS and OSAS can occur together, OHS is a separate condition that is not solely dependent on the severity of OSAS
The aim of this study was to determine the side effects of standard antituberculosis therapy with isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and streptomycine in patients treated for tuberculosis. One hundred eighty nine patients with proven tuberculosis, who initially received standard antituberculosis therapy, were retrospectively studied. Begaud and coll's method of side effects drugs imputability elaborated in 1999 was used in our study.
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- Over 80% of smokers wish to quit smoking eventually, but face significant psychological and physical dependence on cigarettes.
- Various methods to help smokers quit have been attempted, yet they often yield low success rates.
- Nicotine patches can effectively aid in quitting if used under medical supervision as part of a comprehensive smoking cessation program.