mohammed saeed, Alaa Hussein Mohamed, Ahmed Hassan Owaynat
AbstractBackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causing severe acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) still has no solid effective therapy.From previous studies, dexamethasone has led to a decrease in mortality in patients w...... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractIntroductionPlatelets are not only involved in hemostasis and coagulation, but play a significant role in innate immunity and inflammatory response. Excess production of cytokines and acute phase reactants affect megakaryopoiesis resulting in the release of immature platelets from the bone...... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractBackgroundWorldwide, the incidence of individuals with thyroid dysfunction is increasing and represents approximately 30–40% of the patients seen in an endocrine clinic. The undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction may adversely affect the metabolic control and add more risk to already predisposing...... hiện toàn bộ
Mohamed Momtaz, Hussein Al Fishawy, Ula M. Al-Jarhi, Rabei Z. Al-Ansi, Mohamed A. Megid, Mohamed Khaled
AbstractBackgroundAlthough there are considerable data on the changes in left ventricular function in hemodialysis (HD) patients, only a few studies on right ventricular (RV) function can be found in the literature. We investigated the changes in RV function in HD patients.
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Samiha A. Abd Rabo, Nagwa Abd EL-Ghaffar, Somayh S. Eissa, Abeer A. Ali, Sahar Mohamed Ismail, Reham S. Gad
AbstractIntroductionObesity is commonly associated with insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia and is the most important risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Visfatin is an adipokine that exerts insulin-mimetic effects that stimulate muscle and adipocyte glucose transport and inhibit hepatocyte gluco...... hiện toàn bộ
Shabib Al-Zuabi, Alexander P. Varkey, Safia F. Abdalmaksoud, Hadeel Al‐Othman, Ibrahim Al-Rashdan
AbstractThe aim of this study was to report a rare case of a leaking thoracic aorta aneurysm in a female patient with massive pulmonary embolism. A 70-year-old woman with hypertension who had suffered a cerebral vascular accident 2 years ago presented with urinary tract infection, dehydration, and anemia. While in hospital, she was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism...... hiện toàn bộ