Asthma and COPD Patients' Perception of Appropriate Metered-Dose Inhaler Technique.

Objectives: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic illnesses of the airways affecting a good number of people in Lebanon and the Middle East. Pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) are important drug delivery systems used to treat such pulmonary diseases. Drugs proven to be valuable and effective may fail to act effectively if such inhalers are used incorrectly.

A Prospective Observational Cohort of Clinical Outcomes in Medical Inpatients prescribed Pharmacological Thromboprophylaxis Using Different Clinical Risk Assessment Models(COMPT RAMs).

The Caprini and Padua venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment models (RAMs) are used to assess VTE risk in surgical and in medical patients respectively. This study aims to compare the proportion of medical inpatients eligible for VTE prophylaxis using the hospital Caprini-based RAM to using the Caprini and Padua RAMs and to assess the associated clinical outcomes. In a prospective observational study, we assessed 297 adult medical inpatients for whom VTE thromboprophylaxis was initiated according to the hospital Caprini-based RAM, referred to as the Lebanese American University Medical Center RAM (LAUMC-RAM).

A Systematic Review of Zosteriform Rash in Breast Cancer Patients: An Objective Proof of Flap Reinnervation and a Management Algorithm.

Background: Zosteriform rash in cancer patients provides objective clues to the process of reinnervation of the reconstructed breast. This rash should also raise suspicion for metastasis, which can be confused with herpes zoster.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to explain the reconstruction flap sensory reinnervation mechanism based on the clinical findings and provide a diagnostic and management algorithm of zosteriform rash in breast cancer patients.

"The Evolution of Eyebrow Morphology: The Westmore Model Revisited".

Background: The most widely recognized eyebrow model was described by Westmore in 1974. With the rapidly changing concept of beauty, an accurate up-to-date model is needed.

Methods: The Westmore model was tested on fashion models that were randomly selected from the covers of the 1965-1975 (group 1) and 2006-2016 (group 2) Vogue magazine.