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Risk Factors, Subtypes, and Outcome of Ischemic Stroke in Kuwait: A National Study
Epidemiological studies of stroke burden in Kuwait are scarce. We aimed to identify the risk factors, subtypes, and outcome of ischemic stroke in the 6 major hospitals in Kuwait between 2008 and 2013.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 15, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Jasem Y. Al-Hashel, Al-Alya Al-Sabah, Samar F. Ahmed, Maha Al-Enezi, Nour Al-Tawheid, Zainab Al Mesailekh, Jasmine Eliwa, Raed Alroughani Source Type: research

Life satisfaction and self-efficacy in patients affected by a first stroke living in Kuwait: A two-phase study.
In conclusion, psychosocial self-efficacy was identified as having a stronger relationship to life satisfaction compared with general self-efficacy within this sample of Kuwaiti female patients. Health professionals suggested various strategies for enhancing self-efficacy and thereby life satisfaction post-stroke during the rehabilitation process in Kuwait. Despite the collectivist culture of Kuwait, the findings indicate that the patient's own confidence and sense of responsibility for progress may be relevant to rehabilitation. PMID: 23289959 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - January 4, 2013 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Omu O, Reynolds F Tags: Physiother Theory Pract Source Type: research

Mean platelet volume and mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio as a risk stratification tool in the assessment of severity of acute ischemic stroke
Conclusion: MPV and MPV/PC ratio could be considered meaningful laboratory markers for the risk of acute ischemic stroke.
Source: Alexandria Journal of Medicine - March 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Religious faith and self-efficacy among stroke patients in Kuwait: health professionals' views.
Conclusions: It is known that patients' self-efficacy in rehabilitation can be strengthened through a number of strategies such as goal-setting and feedback. This study suggests that for Muslim patients in Kuwait, health professionals also need to be mindful of their need for religious empowerment. Implications for Rehabilitation Muslim religious beliefs may influence self-efficacy in stroke patients in the Kuwaiti context. Patients who regard themselves as working in partnership with their God may feel empowered and more confident to achieve goals in rehabilitation. Patients who regard their stroke as a divine punishment ...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 25, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Omu O, Reynolds F Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Delay in diagnosing a patient with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes  (MELAS) syndrome who presented with status epilepticus and lactic acidosis: a case report
ConclusionThis case report emphasizes the importance of considering mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episode syndrome as a potential cause of status epilepticus with lactic acidosis in a young female patient with a past history of stroke-like episodes. It also stresses the most important workup to rule out every possible life-threatening complication to improve patients ’ lives.
Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports - October 10, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Assessing neuronal density in peri ‐infarct cortex with PET: Effects of cortical topology and partial volume correction
Abstract The peri‐infarct cortex (PIC) is the site of long‐term physiologic changes after ischemic stroke. Traditional methods for delineating the peri‐infarct gray matter (GM) have used a volumetric Euclidean distance metric to define its extent around the infarct. This metric has limitations in the case of cortical stroke, i.e., those where ischemia leads to infarction in the cortical GM, because the vascularization of the cerebral cortex follows the complex, folded topology of the cortical surface. Instead, we used a geodesic distance metric along the cortical surface to subdivide the PIC into equidistant rings em...
Source: Human Brain Mapping - September 10, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Thomas Funck, Mohammed Al ‐Kuwaiti, Claude Lepage, Peter Zepper, Jeffrey Minuk, Hyman M. Schipper, Alan C. Evans, Alexander Thiel Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Public knowledge of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in Kuwait: a cross-sectional survey
Conclusions: There are deficiencies in CVD knowledge among Kuwaiti population, which could turn into insufficient preventative behaviours and suboptimal patient outcomes. There is an apparent need to establish more wide-spread and effective educational interventions, which should be sensitive to the perceptions, attitudes, and abilities of targeted individuals.
Source: BMC Public Health - November 4, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abdelmoneim AwadHala Al-Nafisi Source Type: research

Air Pollution Emerges as a Top Killer Globally – Part 1
Dark pollution clouds over Cairo. Credit: Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani/IPS.By Martin KhorPENANG, Nov 11 2016 (IPS)New research is showing that air pollution is a powerful if silent killer, causing 6.5 million worldwide deaths as well as being the major cause of climate change.   Air pollution has emerged as a leading cause of deaths and serious ailments in the world.  Emissions that cause air pollution and are Greenhouse Gases are also the main factor causing climate change.Therefore, drastically reducing air pollution should now be treated as a top priority.The seriousness of this problem was highlighted by the heavy smog ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Martin Khor Tags: Environment Headlines Health air pollution Indoor air quality World Health Organization Source Type: news

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in middle-east countries: meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies
Conclusion The prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome is high and it is noticeable cause for stroke, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular disease.
Source: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews - December 2, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research

Exposure levels of air pollution (PM2.5) and associated health risk in Kuwait.
Abstract It is well established that respiratory and cardiovascular mortality and morbidity rates are associated with poor air quality as measured by high concentrations of fine particulate matter such as PM2.5 parameters. Since such information is lacking for the State of Kuwait, this study examined the exposure levels of PM2.5 and the associated health risk as evaluated by five mortality measures embodied in ischemic heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute lower respiratory infection as well as two morbidity outcomes related to both cardiovascular and respiratory disea...
Source: Environmental Research - September 17, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Al-Hemoud A, Gasana J, Al-Dabbous A, Alajeel A, Al-Shatti A, Behbehani W, Malak M Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research

Alarming predictions for obesity and non-communicable diseases in the Middle East.
CONCLUSIONS: Obesity is a growing problem in the Middle East which requires government action on the primary prevention of obesity. The present results are important for policy makers to know the effectiveness of obesity interventions on future disease burden. PMID: 23642403 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Nutrition - May 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kilpi F, Webber L, Musaigner A, Aitsi-Selmi A, Marsh T, Rtveladze K, McPherson K, Brown M Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research

Transcranial doppler and brain MRI in children with sickle cell disease and high hemoglobin F levels
ConclusionThe mild phenotype among Kuwaiti patients with SCD is reflected in normal TCD velocities and a low prevalence of SBI in children with the disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - September 11, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Akram Asbeutah, Renu Gupta, Osama Al‐Saeid, Sam Ashebu, Sundus Al‐Sharida, Ali Mullah‐Ali, Nada Yousef Mustafa, Adekunle Adekile Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Parry-Romberg syndrome in Kuwait. Neurological manifestations in 2 children.
We reported 2 cases of progressive hemifacial atrophy with different neurological manifestations from Kuwait. The first case was a 14-year-old boy who initially presented with recurrent transient stroke-like episodes followed by focal seizures and hemifacial atrophy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed significant white matter changes and cerebral hemiatrophy. The second case was a 7-year-old girl who presented with complex partial seizures and hemifacial atrophy, her magnetic resonance imaging scan showed minimal changes in the hemiatrophy of the temporal cerebral lobe. Both patients' disease activity was well controlled wi...
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - July 11, 2019 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research

The Genetic and Clinical Significance of Fetal Hemoglobin Expression in Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is phenotypically heterogenic. One major genetic modifying factor is the patient ’s level of fetal hemoglobin (HbF). The latter is determined by the patient’s β-globin gene cluster haplotype and cis-acting and trans-acting single gene polymorphisms (SNP) at other distant quantitative trait loci (QTL). The Arab/India haplotype is associated with persistently high HbF levels and also a relatively mild phenotype. This haplotype carries the Xmn1 (C/T) SNP, rs 7482144 in the HBG2 locus. The major identified trans-acting QTL contain SNPs residing in the BCL11A in chromosome 2 and the HMIP locus on ...
Source: Medical Principles and Practice - September 3, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research