Publications by authors named "Shamim Shahi"
Article Synopsis
- A study of 1,176 pregnant women aimed to identify the proportion needing different blood pressure cuff sizes—small adult, adult, large, and extra-large—based on arm circumference, following American Heart Association guidelines.* -
- Results showed that 25.1% of women required large or XL cuffs, with higher needs identified among non-Hispanic Black women (38.5%) and those in the highest BMI quartile (81.8%).* -
- The study concluded that accurate cuff sizing is crucial for effective blood pressure monitoring and hypertension management in pregnant women.*
Background: The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends cuff sizes of blood pressure (BP) monitoring devices based on patient arm circumference, which is critical for accurate BP measurement. This study aimed to assess cuff size variation across validated BP devices and to examine the degree of alignment with the AHA recommendations.
Methods: Data on home BP devices were obtained from the US BP Validated Device Listing website and listed cuff sizes were compared against AHA recommendations: small adult (22-26 cm), adult (27-34 cm), large (35-44 cm), and extra-large (XL) (45-52 cm).
Background: Previous studies have explored surgery refusal among female breast cancer patients. However, little attention has been given to other therapies in both females and males. The goal of this study was to determine the potential role of gender on recommended hormone therapy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery refusal and to describe other determinants of refusal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Atrichia with papular lesions (APL) is a rare irreversible form of complete hair loss inherited in autosomal recessive manner. Hair loss is often followed by the appearance of multiple keratin-filled cysts or papules on exterior parts of the body. This phenotype results due to mutations in the human hairless gene (HR) mapped on chromosome 8p21.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Woolly hair (WH) is a hair abnormality that is primarily characterised by tightly curled hair with abnormal growth.
Methods: In two unrelated consanguineous Pakistani families with non-syndromic autosomal recessive (AR) WH, homozygosity mapping and linkage analysis identified a locus within 17q21.1-q22, which contains the type I keratin gene cluster.