30 articles in this issue
Majid Zarrin, Farzaneh Ganj (Author)
AIM: The main goal of this study was to analysis the “aspHS” gene and its phenotype in A. fumigatus.METHODS: Fifty-three A. fumigatus strains, including environmental, clinical and reference isolates, were used in this research. PCR was carried out based ... see more
Santun Bhekti Rahimah, Dhiah Dianawaty Djunaedi, Arto Yuwono Soeroto, Tatang Bisri (Author)
BACKGROUND: The popular commercially cultivated Pleurotus ostreatus mushroom contains very high nutrients and bioactive compounds with high antioxidant activity. The ethanolic extract seems to be the most active in preparation.AIM: This study has an aim t... see more
Nguyen Minh Duc, Huynh Quang Huy (Author)
BACKGROUND: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) nowadays plays an important role in the evaluation of posterior fossa brain tumours in children for appropriate diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up.AIM: To assess the MRI features of common posterior f... see more
Mahmoud Khaled Nour, Hany Tawfik Fathelbab, Ahmad Hosam Mwafy, Mohamad Ashraf Shawky, Santiago Jesús Camacho Freire, Javier León Jiménez, Jessica Roa Garrido, Antonio Enrique Gómez Menchero, Rosa Cardenal Piris, José Francisco Díaz Fernández, Samir ELhadidy Tawfik (Author)
BACKGROUND: Direct implantation of metallic drug-eluting stents is recommended for lesions with high thrombotic burden; however, this can't be applied to bioresorbable scaffold for which adequate lesion preparation is recommended.AIM: We aimed at assessin... see more
Maged A. El Wakeel, Rania N. Sabry, Ghada M. El-kassas, Shereen A. Abd El-Gaffar, Wael H. El batal, Essam M. Galal, Ashraf Azmy, Eman Awadallah (Author)
BACKGROUND: Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a serious neonatal problem which has a high mortality rate even with advanced modes of mechanical ventilation. Pentraxin 3 is one of the long pentraxins, which plays an essential role ... see more
Kevin Luke, Bambang Purwanto, Lilik Herawati, Makhyan Jibril Al-Farabi, Yudi Her Oktaviono (Author)
BACKGROUND: Distinguishing between Acute Coronary Syndrom (ACS) and SCAD (Stable Coronary Artery Disease) requires advanced laboratory instrument and electrocardiogram. However, their availabilities in primary care settings in developing countries are lim... see more
Nagwa Abdallah Ismail, Sonia Adolf Habib, Ahmed A. Talaat, Naglaa Omar Mostafa, Eman A. Elghoroury (Author)
BACKGROUND: Hepcidin, a small peptide hormone, is established as the main regulator of iron homeostasis.AIM: To estimate serum hepcidin, ferritin, and hepcidin: ferritin ratio in ß-thalassemia patients and to determine the effect of splenectomy and hydrox... see more
Ramadan Khalil, Mohamed Soliman, Mohamed Omer, Kamel Abdel Aziz, Khaled Hussein (Author)
AIM: Describe the efficacy and safety of valproate and haloperidol infusion in controlling agitation in the intensive care unit (ICU).MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prospective study on 100 critically ill patients with agitation in Kasralainy Hospital over the per... see more
Bella Kurnia, I Wayan Bikin Suryawan (Author)
BACKGROUND: Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by any one of four closely related Dengue virus (DENV 1-4). The clinical sign Dengue virus infection can vary from mild (mild febrile illness), Dengue Fever (DF), Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) to Deng... see more
Ibrahim El-Zoghby, Amr Nawar, Mohamed Soliman, Mahmoud Kenawy, Khaled Hussien, Hassan Khaled (Author)
BACKGROUND: The growing needs to extract cardiovascular implantable electronic devices warrants the need to improve the outcome and prevent complications.AIM: This study aims to analyse the findings and identify factors associated with complications of Pe... see more
Sharareh Sanei Sistani, Alireza Dashipour, Laleh Jafari, Bahareh Heshmat Ghahderijani (Author)
BACKGROUND: The nasal septum deviation is the most common deformity of the nasal, and that can be congenital or acquired. Despite many studies exist about the impact of nasal septum deviation on chronic sinusitis and also association between chronic otiti... see more
Youssef Ibrahim Haggag, Karim Mashhour, Kamal Ahmed, Nael Samir, Waheed Radwan (Author)
BACKGROUND: Lung ultrasound (US) is an available and inexpensive tool for the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP); it which has no hazards of radiation and can be easily used.AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis an... see more
Masoud Doroodgar, Moein Doroodgar, Shahnaz Tofangchiha (Author)
BACKGROUND: The role of HbA1c level in cognition decline and depression in type 2 diabetic patients is reported in some studies.AIM: We evaluated the possible significant relationship between HbA1c level and cognition decline and depression in type 2 diab... see more
Natalia Stepanova, Olena Burdeyna (Author)
BACKGROUND: A large body of research has investigated the effects of pro-atherogenic lipid profile on cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. However, there is a general lack of research on the association between atherogenic d... see more
Ahmed Hasanin, Tarek Zanata, Safinaz Osman, Yasser Abdelwahab, Rania Samer, Mohamed Mahmoud, Mona Elsherbiny, Khaled Elshafaei, Fatma Morsy, Amina Omran (Author)
BACKGROUND: Goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) improved patient outcomes in various surgical procedures; however, its role during mass brain resection was not well investigated.AIM: In this study, we evaluated a simple protocol based on intermittent evalu... see more
Mona Elsherbiny, Yaser Abdelwahab, Kareem Nagy, Asser Mannaa, Yasmin Hassabelnaby (Author)
AIM: This study is based on the hypothesis that the routine use of transesophageal echocardiography in cardiac surgery will influence the surgical decision taken by the surgeon intra-operatively in Kasr-Alainy hospitals.METHODS: Patients were examined wit... see more
Konstantin Mitev, Aleksandar Longurov (Author)
BACKGROUND: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an autologous concentration of platelets that contain a large number of growth factors. These growth factors play a role in the regeneration, repair, and acceleration of the biochemical process, thereby reducing t... see more
Golpar Golmohammadzadeh, Abbas Mohammadpour, Nematollah Ahangar, Mohammad Shokrzadeh (Author)
BACKGROUND: The second leading cause of cancer-related death in women is breast cancer. Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzymes (XMEs) contribute to the detoxification of numerous cancer therapy-induced products. In the metabolism of xenobiotic, cytochrome P450s ... see more
Prihantono Prihantono, Emmy Palinggi, Haryasena Haryasena, William Hamdani, I Made Christian Binekada (Author)
BACKGROUND: Parathyroid adenoma is a rare disease. This article aimed to present the classic symptoms, diagnosis, and management of parathyroid adenoma.CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 24-year-old Asian woman with a several-month-long history of prolo... see more
Muhammad Yunus Amran, Ashari Bahar (Author)
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma is a rare neoplasm in the sphenopalatine foramen. This tumour is histologically benign, but clinically malignant because it can erode the bone and surrounding structures, such as the pterygopalatine fossa, paranasal... see more
Lingam Amara Swapna, Noora Fahad Alotaibi, Samah Abdulrahman Falatah, Meznah Saad al Joaithen, Pradeep Koppolu (Author)
AIM: To assess and compare the knowledge of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among final years dental students, interns, dental practitioners and faculty working in and around Riyadh.METHODS: A questionnaire-based study comprising of 16 questions was conduct... see more
Sherif A. Sadek, Dina Elawady (Author)
BACKGROUND: Patient’s satisfaction and the preservation of abutments is the most important outcomes that the clinician seeks during fabrication of any dental treatment, especially when it is concerned with removable prosthodontic rehabilitation.AIM: The p... see more
Mohamed Ali Ali Arakeeb, Ahmed Abbas Zaky, Tarek Abdel-Hamid Harhash, Walid S. Salem, Mohamed El-Mofty (Author)
BACKGROUND: The success of implants is associated first with their osseointegration, and later on with their survival rate. In recent years, many efforts have been exerted to develop implant design, geometry, materials and techniques to enhance the osseoi... see more
Dhuha M. Masri, Nisreen S. Alghamdi, Najoud S. Alhawiti, Renad M. Alawi, Shroug K. Alhothari, Salah A. Yousief, Mahmoud A. Mekky (Author)
AIM: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the influence of air abrasion, hydrofluoric acid, and combination of air abrasion and hydrofluoric acid on the shear bond strength between dentin and CEREC, VITA VM7, and E-max.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ninety... see more
Mona A. Azzam, Enas F. Elngar, Ayman A. Gobarah (Author)
BACKGROUND: In the context of a new but busy Pediatric Emergency Department, the risk of missing patients who need more emergent care can be reduced by timely and accurate triaging. In the emergency department of King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, the Cana... see more
Nayera E. Hassan, Salwa M. El Shebini, Sahar A. El-Masry, Nihad H. Ahmed, Safenaz Y. El Sherity, Enas R. Abd el Hamed, Heba T. Aboud (Author)
BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is a global health problem, and its prevalence is rapidly increasing worldwide.AIM: The aim was to assess the awareness concerning some nutritional and socio-economic variables causes the disease in a sample of Egyptian women.METH... see more
Laerta Kakariqi, Gentian Vyshka (Author)
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a serious neurological condition requiring sometimes lifelong pharmacological treatment, and continuous specialist monitoring.AIM: To investigate the use of Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) in epilepsy, with focus on the exposure of AED... see more
Gulmira Muldaeva, Aizhan Beisenayeva, Leila Arystan, Aliya Baymanova, Leila Haydargaliyeva (Author)
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance of microorganisms is the subject of numerous discussions and initiatives, it has a well-defined tendency to increase which is largely related to a big number of errors when prescribing antibacterial drugs at the outpatien... see more
Syofyan Syofyan, Dachriyanus Dachriyanus, Masrul Masrul, Rosfita Rasyid (Author)
BACKGROUND: The use of medicines in children is usually always under the supervision of parents. Children are considered not to understand the concept of medicine properly. Children's perceptions of medicine are mostly formed from everyday experience. Thi... see more
Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza (Author)
The presence of celiac trunk or hepatic arterial anomaly influences preservation of vascular arterial system and achievement of an R0 resection in the liver and pancreatic resection. The objective of this study is to review the literature, to describe the... see more