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Investigating the prevalence of and predictive and risk factors for pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 in Nemazee Teaching Hospital
CONCLUSION: Regression analysis revealed that age, blood pressure, heart attack, and albumin levels were independent predictors of PTE.PMID:37431097 | DOI:10.5045/br.2023.2023076
Source: Blood Research - July 11, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Mahnaz Yadollahi Hessam Hosseinalipour Muhammad Alinaqi Mehrdad Karajizadeh Mehrdad Jowkar Kazem Jamali Maryam Yadollahi Pooria Fazeli Source Type: research

Time to ct scan imaging after symptom onset among ischeamic stroke patients presenting to a quaternary hospital in ghana
This study sought to determine the time of onset of symptoms to the time a CT imaging was done among patients presenting with acute stroke at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 30, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: F. Duodu, D. Brodie Mends, B. Agbinko-Djobalar, P. Pekyi-Boateng, M. Amerwornu, P Adjei, A Akpalu, K Nkromah Source Type: research

Anticoagulant choice in antiphospholipid syndrome – associated thrombosis
Background: DOACs have largely replaced VKAs as first-line therapy for venous thromboembolism in patients with adequate renal function. However, there is concern in APS that DOACs may have higher rates of recurrent thrombosis than VKAs when treating thromboembolism. Dr. David Portnoy Study design: Randomized noninferiority trial. Setting: Six teaching hospitals in Spain. Synopsis: Of adults with thrombotic APS, 190 were randomized to receive rivaroxaban or warfarin. Primary outcomes were thrombotic events and major bleeding. Follow-up after 3 years demonstrated new thromboses in 11 patients (11.6%) in the DOAC...
Source: The Hospitalist - December 10, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Daniel Hickman Tags: Hematology Thrombosis Source Type: research

Neuro-Beh çet in a Sub-Saharan Africa Country: a Series of Sixteen Patients in Fann Teaching Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.
[Neuro-Behçet in a Sub-Saharan Africa Country: a Series of Sixteen Patients in Fann Teaching Hospital, Dakar, Senegal]. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2019;112(3):137-146 Authors: Gaye NM, Ndiaye-Diop MT, Fall M, Ka M, Fall SAA, Diop AM, Kahwaji J, Cissé-Diallo VMP, Mbaye M, Thioub M, Mbodji AB, Mbaye KA, Diagne R, Bakhoum M, Cissé O, Bâ EHM, Diagne NS, Diop-Sène MS, Basse-Faye AM, Sow AD, Sarr MM, Seck LB, Touré K, Ndiaye M, Diop AG Abstract Neuro-Behçet (NB) African studies are mainly North African, but Sub-Saharan Africa is not to be outdone. Our aim was to describe diagnostic and therapeutic features...
Source: Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique - December 13, 2019 Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Bull Soc Pathol Exot Source Type: research

Outcome of Pregnancy in Saudi Women with Sickle Cell Disease Attending the Tertiary Care University Hospital in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
This study was carried out to compare the fetomaternal outcome in patients with SCD with those without SCD. This was a retrospective cohort study done in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia in a tertiary care, teaching hospital, by retrieving the data through the code ICD-9 for SCD, the control group was also selected with comparable characteristics. A total of 302 SCD pregnant patients were included for comparison with 600 pregnant women without SCD as control, during the period of Jan 1, 2008 to December 31, 2018. After the data retrieval, percentages of complications were calculated between the study and control groups...
Source: African Journal of Reproductive Health - November 30, 2019 Category: African Health Tags: Afr J Reprod Health Source Type: research

The relationship between mean platelet volume and albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
ConclusionsThe mean MPV was statistically significantly higher in the uncontrolled DM group and there was a statistically significant positive correlation between MPV and albuminuria.
Source: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews - July 14, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research

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