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Chronic Kidney Disease Is Poised To Become The Black Lung of Climate Change
It’s official. July was the world’s hottest month on record, scientists from the European climate monitoring agency confirmed on Aug. 8, a full 1.5°C (2.7°F) warmer than pre-industrial averages, offering a potent taste of what is to come in a world made hotter by climate change. The wildfires and heat waves that wreathed much of the northern hemisphere in smoke this summer? Expect more of the same. The surge in deaths and hospitalization from heat stress and stroke? Ditto. An increase in chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin? Yup. Wait, what? [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] O...
Source: TIME: Health - August 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Inflammation May Be the Culprit Behind Our Deadliest Diseases
In the early days of my medical residency, I met a man whom we’ll call Jason. He arrived to our emergency room on a holiday, nonchalant yet amiable, and complained of mild chest pain. Jason was tall and trim, with a strong South Boston accent and fingertips still faintly stained from his last home-improvement project. He was only 45 years old, but he looked much younger. He didn’t smoke, barely drank alcohol, and his cholesterol levels had always been normal. No one in his family had a history of heart disease. He asked us if we could work quickly—he wanted to be home for dinner with his daughters. [time-...
Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shilpa Ravella Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news

Borderzone Infarction and Small Vessel Disease in a Sample of Egyptian Stroke Patients: Differences and Similarities
Conclusion: Limb shaking, retinal claudication or syncope, with MRI showing rosary pattern of white matter hyperintensity, few microbleeds and markedly impaired perfusion favor the diagnosis of borderzone infarctions. On the other hand, presence of lacunae, FLAIR showing symmetrical WMH and microbleeds with minimal or no perfusion deficit suggests the diagnosis of small vessel disease.
Source: Neurology India - June 24, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Nevine M El Nahas Hany M Aref Taha K Alloush Nagia A Fahmy Khaled A Ahmed Ahmed A El Basiouny Mohamed A Tork Ahmed M Elbokl Hossam M Shokri Source Type: research

Clinical and Radiological Characteristics of Acute Cerebrovascular Diseases Among Egyptian Patients With COVID-19 in Upper Egypt
Conclusion: Acute CVD among patients with COVID-19 was common in our study. LVO was the commonest. Hypertension, IHD, and anemia are the most common risk factors and could contribute to the worsening of clinical presentation. Comorbidities were common among patients with CVD, although a large number had elevated liver enzymes and creatinine that were partially due to COVID-19 infection itself. The current results begin to characterize the spectrum of CVD associated with COVID-19 in patients in Upper Egypt.Registration ID: The ID number of this study is IRB no: 17300470.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - March 22, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Surveillance Study of Acute Neurological Manifestations among 439 Egyptian Patients with COVID-19 in Assiut and Aswan University Hospitals
Conclusion: In COVID-19, both the CNS and PNS are affected. Stroke was the most common complication for CNS, and anosmia and/or ageusia were common for PNS diseases. However, there were 6 cases of encephalitis, 2 cases of spinal cord myelopathy, 2 cases of MG, and 2 cases of myositis.Neuroepidemiology
Source: Neuroepidemiology - February 25, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

XANTUS-EL: A real-world, prospective, observational study of patients treated with rivaroxaban for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America
ConclusionsXANTUS-EL confirmed low stroke and major bleeding rates in patients with NVAF from EEMEA and Latin America. The population was younger but with more heart failure and hypertension than XANTUS; stroke/SE rate was similar but major bleeding lower.
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - October 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Short term outcome of patients with hyperglycemia and acute stroke
ConclusionsHyperglycemia is associated with poor outcomes after acute stroke. History of HTN, admission glucose level ≥ 223 mg/dL and NIHSS ≥ 10 were predictors of worse stroke outcome.
Source: The Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - July 11, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research

Role of speckle tracking echocardiography in detecting early left atrial dysfunction in hypertensive patients
ConclusionSpeckle tracking echocardiography is a useful novel technique in detecting LA dysfunction in hypertension even before LA enlargement occurs.
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Short term outcome of patients with hyperglycemia and acute stroke
ConclusionsHyperglycemia is associated with poor outcomes after acute stroke. History of HTN, admission glucose level ≥ 223 mg/dL and NIHSS ≥ 10 were predictors of worse stroke outcome.
Source: The Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - July 5, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research

Role of speckle tracking echocardiography in detecting early left atrial dysfunction in hypertensive patients
ConclusionSpeckle tracking echocardiography is a useful novel technique in detecting LA dysfunction in hypertension even before LA enlargement occurs.
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - July 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Short term outcome of patients with hyperglycemia and acute stroke
Conclusions Hyperglycemia is associated with poor outcomes after acute stroke. History of HTN, admission glucose level ≥ 223 mg/dL and NIHSS ≥ 10 were predictors of worse stroke outcome.
Source: The Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - December 21, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research

Safety and efficacy of transcatheter left atrial appendage closure using the Watchman device in Egyptian patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
Conclusion LAA closure with the Watchman device can be safely performed, and may be a reasonable alternative to consider for patients at high risk for stroke but with contraindications to systemic oral anticoagulation or with high risk of bleeding.
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - July 18, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Prevalence of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Strokes in Qena Governorate, Egypt: Community-based Study
Conclusions: The overall prevalence rate of stroke is nearly the same as in other Egyptian governorates and is higher than other Arabic countries.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 23, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Eman M. Khedr, Gharib Fawi, Mohamed Abdela, Talal A. Mohammed, Mohamed A. Ahmed, Noha Abo El-Fetoh, Ahmed F. Zaki Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research