Anxiety, Stress, and Depression Among Healthcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Morocco.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an enormous psychological impact worldwide. This study aimed to assess anxiety, depression, stress, and compensatory behaviors among Moroccan healthcare workers (HCWs) during COVID-19. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a snowball sampling strategy.

Paradigm change in urological, gynaecological and breast cancer management: A new practice-changing data from ASCO 2022 annual meeting.

Changing medical practice has been a constant process based on many scientific findings for years. In the oncology community, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), one of the major annual conferences, presented the latest updates on practice-changing in cancer. At the recent meeting of 2022, held this year on June 2-6, researchers presented essential findings in urological, gynecological, and breast cancer management.

Lymph node tuberculosis mimicking axillary hidradenitis: a case report.

Hidradenitis is a chronic benign pathology with acute manifestations, mainly occurring among young patients with hyper seborrhea. Its clinical presentation is an inflammatory, nodular and fistulized aspect. It affects many body parts, making its location a referral criterion for diagnosis.

Fortuitous Discovery of Nutcracker Syndrome During Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report.

Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) belongs to a group of rare vascular disorders. It refers to compression of the left renal vein (LRV) generally between the abdominal aorta (AA) and the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). It is one of the most unknown causes of chronic abdominal pain.

Management of Ulcerative Colitis Flare-Ups in the Era of COVID-19.

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) whose management depends on its severity, localization, and course. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has made the management of this disease more difficult, as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) routinely causes respiratory infection, but can also target the gastrointestinal tract. Multiple cases of de novo IBD, IBD flare-ups, and colitis have been associated with COVID-19 infection.

Hydatid cyst of the uterus: Very rare location.

The involvement of the genital tract of a hydatid cyst is rare and the occurrence in the uterus is an extreme rarity. The diagnosis of this localization is difficult because the clinical and radiological findings are often misleading and the diagnosis is often worn during surgery and after histopathological examination of the surgical specimen. We report the case of a patient who consulted for primary infertility, with a clinical finding as the only anomaly significantly large uterus, and imaging pointing strongly toward an ovarian multilocular cyst, and in which the discovery of hydatid cyst was accidental intraoperative with double localization uterine and omental.

A Case of Cytomegalovirus Infection With Severe Thrombocytopenia in an Infant Who Was Successfully Managed With Antiviral Therapy.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a member of the family of DNA viruses. It is one of the major infectious causes that induce thrombocytopenia. We herein report a case of CMV infection in an infant complicated with severe thrombocytopenia that was successfully managed by antiviral treatment.

Adipose Tissue Grafting for the Treatment of Morphea En Coup De Sabre: A Simple Filler or an Emerging Cellular Therapy?

Linear scleroderma en coup de sabre is a rare chronic autoimmune disease. This form of localized scleroderma manifests through an inflammatory phenomenon of collagen overproduction and extracellular matrix destruction, affecting the skin and subcutaneous tissues of the face. This active pathological process is challenging to control and often goes unnoticed at its early stage.

Budd-Chiari syndrome associated to Behcet disease: An observational retrospective multicenter study in Morocco.

Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is considered a rare but serious complication of Behçet's disease (BD). This study was performed to define the prevalence, clinical and biological features, treatment, and clinical course of BSC associated with BD in a Moroccan population. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 1578 patients fulfilling the international diagnostic criteria for BD, including those with BSC.

Factors Associated With Mild Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Cohort Study.

Background Cognitive dysfunction is increasingly recognized as an important comorbidity of diabetes mellitus (DM). Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of cognitive decline in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods This cohort study included patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus aged between 40 and 75 years and with a duration of the evolution of diabetes that is greater than five years admitted in endocrinology consultation of the Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zaid Hospital in Casablanca, Morocco.

Prevalence and Severity of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients in Casablanca: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is behind the current pandemic. At the start of the pandemic, gastrointestinal symptoms initially described as rare were reported, but their spread to other countries increased rapidly. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of digestive symptoms among COVID-19 patients and to assess the correlation between these symptoms and disease severity.

Modified Technique of Single-Bone Forearm in the Treatment of Deformities.

The single-bone forearm is a salvage technique for massive loss of bone due to serious trauma, malignant tumors, infections or congenital deformity. It is also described to treat the sequelae of hereditary multiple exostoses disease that affects the distal end of the ulna. We present the case of a 29-year-old patient, operated for sequelae of hereditary multiple exostoses disease of the left forearm by a modified single-bone forearm technique.

Circular Mini-Incision in the Left Iliac Fossa Followed by Purse-String Closure as a Minimally Invasive Approach for the Sigmoid Volvulus: A Technical Note.

Introduction: Volvulus of the sigmoid is a common cause of intestinal obstruction in Morocco. It is a serious condition with substantial mortality. Initial endoscopic decompression followed by resection of the redundant colon via laparotomy or laparoscopy is the procedure of choice.

Exophytic hepatic hemangioma: a case report.

Hepatic hemangiomas may rarely arise outside the extra-hepatic capsule. It appears as a pedunculated mass. We report the case of a 58-year-old female presenting with abdominal chronic pain.

Sex Differences in COVID-19 Outcomes.

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the cause of an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan City, China in December 2019. Since then, it has caused a worldwide pandemic with over six million deaths. Many studies have been published on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but only a few have compared the outcomes of COVID-19 between males and females, especially in African countries and the Middle East.

Mycophenolate Mofetil Use in Severe Myocarditis Complicating Systemic Lupus.

Cardiac involvement represents an increasingly frequent complication in systemic lupus, with pericarditis being the most classic cardiac manifestation. However, the most severe and fatal form seems to be myocarditis. We present the case of a patient with systemic lupus complicated by cardiogenic shock secondary to troponin-negative acute myopericarditis and successfully treated with mycophenolate mofetil and corticosteroid therapy.

Predicting poor glycemic control during Ramadan among non-fasting patients with diabetes using artificial intelligence based machine learning models.

Aims: This study aims to predict poor glycemic control during Ramadan among non-fasting patients with diabetes using machine learning models.

Methods: First, we conducted three consultations, before, during, and after Ramadan to assess demographics, diabetes history, caloric intake, anthropometric and metabolic parameters. Second, machine learning techniques (Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machine, Naive Bayes, K-nearest neighbor, Decision Tree, Random Forest, Extra Trees Classifier and Catboost) were trained using the data to predict poor glycemic control among patients.

Metagenomics Approaches to Investigate the Neonatal Gut Microbiome.

Early infancy is critical for the development of an infant's gut flora. Many factors can influence microbiota development during the pre- and postnatal periods, including maternal factors, antibiotic exposure, mode of delivery, dietary patterns, and feeding type. Therefore, investigating the connection between these variables and host and microbiome interactions in neonatal development would be of great interest.

Ramadan and Diabetes: What About Non-Fasting Patients with Diabetes?

Background: The management of diabetes during Ramadan is well codified. International guidelines recommend avoiding fasting for patients with the risk of complications. However, during Ramadan drastic changes occur in lifestyles habits.