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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Owen J Lawrence, Vasudev Shanbhag
Aims In March 2020 the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic. The United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) was placed under unprecedented pressure and hospitals were forced to adapt their working practices to continue offering world-leading healthcare. This project aims to highlight the lessons learnt within hand surgical departments throughout Wales. Using this knowledge, we can consider how these lessons can be implemented in both emergency and elective hand practice...
March 2024: Curēus
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REVIEW
Hyder Mirghani, Bandar Ahmed Alamrani, Mohammad Omar Aljabri, Fadi Olyan Alamrani, Meshal Saleh Alatawi, Meshari Mohammed Albalawi, Mohammed Abdullah S Alasmari, Ali Fahad B Alsharif, Waleed Muslih B Albalawi, Omar Sabbah Alzamhari
The global adoption of remote thyroidectomy is increasing, with the transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) and transareolar approach (TAA) emerging as predominant methods. However, existing meta-analyses comparing these approaches to operative surgeries and short-term postoperative complications have significant limitations. To address this gap, our meta-analysis provides a comprehensive comparison between the TOETVA and TAA, focusing on operation time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative drainage, and hospital stay duration...
March 2024: Curēus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jack Barrington, Zaheer Yousef, Christian Peter Subbe
The number of people using wearable technology such as smartwatches and fitness trackers is increasing. Many of these devices can alert the user to a potential arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation. We aimed to assess potential changes to cardiology practice resulting from their use. An online questionnaire consisting of 12 questions was created and distributed to all consultant cardiologists in Wales. 25 of 102 participants replied, with 92% of these using consumer wearable technology to diagnose atrial fibrillation either 'often' or 'sometimes'...
March 2024: Future Healthcare Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Oluwatobi O Onafowokan, Waleed Ahmad, Kimberly McFarland, Tyler K Williamson, Peter Tretiakov, Jamshaid M Mir, Ankita Das, Joshua Bell, Sara Naessig, Shaleen Vira, Virginie Lafage, Carl Paulino, Bassel Diebo, Andrew Schoenfeld, Hamid Hassanzadeh, Pawel P Jankowski, Aaron Hockley, Peter Gust Passias
BACKGROUND: With the increasing amount of elective spine fusion patients presenting with cardiac disease and congestive heart failure, it is becoming difficult to assess when it is safe to proceed with surgery. Assessing the severity of heart failure (HF) through ejection fraction may provide insight into patients' short- and long-term risks. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the severity of HF on perioperative outcomes of spine fusion surgery patients...
2024: Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine
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REVIEW
Md Faruque Ahmad, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad, Nazim Hasan, Abdulrahman A Alsayegh, Othman Hakami, Farkad Bantun, Shadma Tasneem, Waleed M Alamie, Ahmad O Babalghith, Abdullah F Aldairi, Nahla Kambal, Ehab Y Elbendary
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder. Diabetes complications can affect many organs and systems in the body. Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum) contains various compounds that have been studied for their potential antidiabetic effects, including polysaccharides, triterpenoids (ganoderic acids, ganoderol B), proteoglycans, and G. lucidum extracts. G. lucidum polysaccharides (GLPs) and triterpenoids have been shown to act through distinct mechanisms, such as improving glucose metabolism, modulating the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) system, inhibiting the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) pathway, and protecting the pancreatic beta cells...
April 18, 2024: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mihail Kantor, Paulo Vieira, Zafar Handoo
Meloidogyne naasi Franklin, 1965, the barley root-knot nematode, was originally found in field crops such as cereals, grasses, and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) in England and Wales, (Franklin,1965). This nematode is one of the most significant root-knot nematodes impacting grains in European countries (Santos et al. 2020). Among root-knot nematode species, M. naasi, exhibits a distinct preference for grasses, with documented impacts on turfgrasses leading to reduced growth and vigor (Skantar et al., 2023; Cook and Yeates, 1993)...
April 19, 2024: Plant Disease
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rajesh P Haridas
On 7 September 1847, in Melbourne in the Port Phillip District of the Colony of New South Wales, David John Thomas (1813-1871) presented a paper, 'On the inhalation of the vapour of Æther, with cases', at an ordinary monthly meeting of the Port Phillip Medical Association. This is the earliest known presentation of a paper on etherisation in Australia. The partial publication of the manuscript in October 1847 in the Australian Medical Journal may have led to it being returned to Thomas in Melbourne. The handwritten manuscript is now preserved in the Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria...
April 19, 2024: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Samah A Elshweikh, Amr Abdellatif Ibrahim, Waleed Saleh Almutairi, Fahad AlHarbi, Abdullah A Alrasheedi, Ahmed Negm Eldine Said Mubark, Eman Ibrahim Basha, Reham M Elkolaly
Mycotic (infected) aortic aneurysm is a severe clinical condition with high morbidity and mortality. Salmonella spp. is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that is typically limited to the gastrointestinal tract and resolves spontaneously but can progress to invasive infections such as bacteremia. Serious complications may arise, particularly in debilitated, elderly, and neonatal patients. We describe the case of a 74-year-old female with a history of diabetes and hypertension who presented with shortness of breath, fever, chills, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea...
March 2024: Curēus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
P Braude, F Parry, K Warren, E Mitchell, K McCarthy, R G Khadaroo, B Carter
PURPOSE: Screening for frailty in people admitted with emergency surgical pathology can initiate timely referrals to enhanced perioperative services such as intensive care and geriatric medicine. However, there has been little research exploring surgical healthcare professionals' opinions to frailty assessment, or accuracy in identification. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, behaviour, and attitudes of healthcare professionals to frailty assessment in emergency surgical admissions...
April 18, 2024: European Geriatric Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chryso Th Pallari, Souzana Achilleos, Annalisa Quattrocchi, John Gabel, Elena Critselis, Maria Athanasiadou, Mohammad Reza Rahmanian Haghighi, Stefania Papatheodorou, Tianyu Liu, Andreas Artemiou, Jose M Rodriguez-Llanes, Catherine M Bennett, Claudia Zimmermann, Eva Schernhammer, Natalia Bustos Sierra, Reindert Ekelson, Jackeline Lobato, Laylla Macedo, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Julia Critchley, Lucy Goldsmith, Gleb Denissov, Nolwenn Le Meur, Levan Kandelaki, Kostas Athanasakis, Binyamin Binyaminy, Tamar Maor, Fabrizio Stracci, Giuseppe Ambrosio, Kairat Davletov, Nataliya Glushkova, Cyndy Martial, Marie Chan Sun, Terje P Hagen, Mario Chong, Manuel Barron, Błażej Łyszczarz, Ivan Erzen, Pedro Arcos Gonzalez, Bo Burström, Nataliia Pidmurniak, Olesia Verstiuk, Qian Huang, Antonis Polemitis, Andreas Charalambous, Christiana A Demetriou
INTRODUCTION: To examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality, we estimated excess all-cause mortality in 24 countries for 2020 and 2021, overall and stratified by sex and age. METHODS: Total, age-specific and sex-specific weekly all-cause mortality was collected for 2015-2021 and excess mortality for 2020 and 2021 was calculated by comparing weekly 2020 and 2021 age-standardised mortality rates against expected mortality, estimated based on historical data (2015-2019), accounting for seasonality, and long-term and short-term trends...
April 18, 2024: BMJ Global Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jodi J L Rowley, Andrew Symons, Christopher Doyle, Jane Hall, Karrie Rose, Laura Stapp, Damian C Lettoof
Pesticide contamination poses a significant threat to non-target wildlife, including amphibians, many of which are already highly threatened. This study aims to assess the extent of pesticide exposure in dead frogs collected during a mass mortality event across eastern New South Wales, Australia between July 2021 and March 2022. Liver tissue from 77 individual frogs of six species were analysed for >600 legacy and contemporary pesticides, including rodenticides. More than a third (36 %) of the liver samples contained at least one pesticide, including brodifacoum, dieldrin, DDE, heptachlor/heptachlor epoxide, fipronil sulfone, and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA)...
April 16, 2024: Science of the Total Environment
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anthony Barnett, Kiran Pienaar, Dan I Lubman, Shalini Arunogiri, Vicky Phan, Vicky Hayes, Nicholas Lintzeris, Michael Savic
BACKGROUND: Long-acting injectable depot buprenorphine has become an important treatment option for the management of opioid dependence. However, little is known about patients' experiences of depot buprenorphine and its embodied effects. This qualitative study aims to explore patients' experiences of depot buprenorphine treatment, including how it feels within the body, experiences of dosing cycles across time, and how this form of treatment relies on wider ecologies of care beyond the clinical encounter...
April 17, 2024: International Journal on Drug Policy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Faisal Shamim, Mujtaba Khalil, Moeed Bin Abdul Ghaffar, Tahir Munir
Perioperative fluid administration plays an essential role in head and neck cancer free flap surgery. The impact of intraoperative fluid administration on postoperative complications in head and neck cancer free flap surgery remains ill-defined. All adult patients who underwent a free flap surgery for head and neck cancer between January 2014 and December 2018 were included in the study. A total of 224 patients met the inclusion criteria. The mean age of patients was 45.0 years, and the majority were male (85...
April 18, 2024: Journal of Perioperative Practice
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Qingwei Zheng, Feijie Wang, Chenzhipeng Nie, Kuiliang Zhang, Yujie Sun, Waleed Al-Ansi, Qiming Wu, Li Wang, Jun Du, Yan Li
Mitochondrial dysfunction increasingly becomes a target for promoting healthy aging and longevity. The dysfunction of mitochondria with age ultimately leads to a decline in physical functions. Among them, biogenesis dysfunction and the imbalances in the metabolism of reactive oxygen species and mitochondria as signaling organelles in the aging process have aroused our attention. Dietary intervention in mitochondrial dysfunction and physical decline during aging processes is essential, and greater attention should be directed toward healthful legume intake...
May 2024: Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sara Farnbach, Catherine Foley, Peter Gates, Alison Seccull, Alexandra Henderson, Andrea Zocco, Michael Farrell, Anthony Shakeshaft
Although alcohol and other drug use is increasingly the focus of policy and research efforts, there are challenges identifying and applying evidence-based strategies to minimise harms for alcohol and other drugs in health care and community settings. These challenges include limited available research, variability across settings, and lack of 'fit' between research evidence and their intended settings. In this commentary, we describe a novel approach to develop and evaluate tailored, sustainable strategies to enhance the uptake of evidence-based activities into health services and community settings...
April 17, 2024: Drug and Alcohol Review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mohamed A Hussein, Samar E Morgan, Abdallah F Mahmoud, Waleed R El-Ghareeb
BACKGROUND: Canned fish products are widely consumed in Egypt, particularly for protein-rich meals that are quick to prepare and low in calories. Canned fish products are contaminated with toxic metals from the fish itself or from canning materials during processing. AIM: To determine the residual levels of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), aluminum (Al), and Tin (Sn) in some canned fish products obtained from retail shops in Mansoura, Egypt. Furthermore, noncarcinogenic health risks evaluation for the Egyptian population due to hazardous metal oral intake ...
January 2024: Open Veterinary Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Samah Ahmad Elkady, Wageh Sobhy Darwish, Ahmad E Tharwat, Mahmoud A Said, Dalia E ElAtriby, Marwa Magdy Seliem, Ahmed E Alfifi, Waleed R El-Ghareeb, Lamiaa M Reda, Tamer M Gad
BACKGROUND: Camels are important animals in Egypt and other Arab countries on the basis of their economic value and ethnic culture. Escherichia coli is implicated in several gastrointestinal infections and outbreaks worldwide, especially in developing countries. It causes infections that might lead to death. Numerous biological activities, such as antioxidative, antibacterial, anti-diabetic, anti-mutagenic, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and diuretic, are associated with coriander and coriander essential oils...
January 2024: Open Veterinary Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ahmed M A Meligy, Waleed R El-Ghareeb, Sherief M Abdel-Raheem, Hesham A A Ismail, Wageh S Darwish, Mahmoud Kandeel, Ahmed E Alfifi, Saad S Al-Shokair, Mohamed A Hussein
BACKGROUND: Camel meat tainted with heavy metals or trace elements may pose a health risk to consumers. Heavy metal contamination poses a severe danger due to both their toxicity and bioaccumulation in the food chain. AIM: To estimate the residual levels of heavy metals (Co, Cr, Mn, Se, and As) in muscle, liver, kidney, hair, and serum of three camel breeds (Magaheem, Maghateer, and Wadha) collected from Al-Omran abattoir, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: A total of 225 tissue samples (muscles, liver, kidney, serum, and hair) were taken and analyzed using an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer...
January 2024: Open Veterinary Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Imtenan Mahmoud, Ahmed A Farghali, Waleed M A El-Rouby, Abdalla Abdelwahab
In this work, a non-precious group metal (non-PGM) electrocatalyst based on transition metals is introduced as a promising solution for enhancing the efficiency of direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). Nickel-cobalt mixed tungstate was prepared using a simple co-precipitation method with different molar ratios of Ni, Co and W. The prepared materials were tested and validated using different characterization techniques. It was observed using SEM that the materials are agglomerated amorphous random circular nanocomposite structures...
April 16, 2024: Nanoscale advances
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Waleed Javaid
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April 17, 2024: Evidence-based Nursing
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