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Impact of diabetes on mortality and rehospitalization in acute heart failure patients stratified by ejection fraction
(2019)Aims: The aim of this study is to determine the impact of diabetes mellitus on all-cause mortality and rehospitalization rates at 3 months and at 1 year in patients admitted with acute heart failure (AHF) stratified by ... -
Impact of Digoxin on Mortality in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Stratified by Heart Failure: Findings From Gulf Survey of Atrial Fibrillation Events in the Middle East
(2016)Objective: The use of digoxin in patients having atrial fibrillation (AF) with or without heart failure (HF) is not without controversy. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of digoxin therapy on mortality ... -
Impact of Dual versus Single Antiplatelet Therapy on Major Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Arabian Gulf
(2019)Objective: To evaluate the association of dual versus single antiplatelet therapy with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the Arabian Gulf. Subjects and Methods: ... -
Impact of exclusive breast feeding until six months of age on common illnesses: A prospective observational study
(2022)Objectives: The WHO recommends exclusive breast feeding (EBF) for all infants for the first six months of life. National Family Health Survey 4 (2015 16) shows EBF rates of only 54.9%. We conducted a prospective study ... -
The impact of nurse led educational intervention on anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac
(2021)Background: Anxiety is the most common complication for patients who are undergoing cardiac surgery. It has been shown that preoperative anxiety has a negative impact on patient health and healing process. However, nursing ... -
Impact of ongoing conflict on the mental health of healthcare workers in Palestine
(2022)Letter to the Editor: Palestine, a country afflicted by protracted political instability, has suffered vast crises throughout its history. The recent turmoil between Israel and Palestine that started in May 2021 has ... -
Impact of Ramadan on Emergency Department Patients Flow; a Cross-Sectional Study in UAE
(2020)Introduction: Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is, to Muslims, the holiest month of the year. During this month, young, able-bodied Muslims are commanded to abstain from food and drink from dawn ... -
Impact of Recurrent Miscarriage on Maternal Outcomes in Subsequent Pregnancy: The Mutaba’ah Study
(2020)Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of recurrent miscarriage (RM) and investigate the association between RM and adverse maternal outcomes in subsequent pregnancies. Participants and Methods: This is an interim ... -
The Impact of Routine CT Scan for Acute Appendicitis on the Negative Appendectomy Rate: Clinical Audit of a Single Center
(2020)Background: Acute appendicitis remains the most common surgical emergency worldwide. Patient usually presents with abdominal pain mainly right lower, which gives tenderness on examination. This may or may not be associated ... -
Impact of the Latest Clinical Data among Patients with Breast Cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
(2022-12)Introduction: In June 2022, experts from the oncology world gathered in Chicago, Illinois, for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2022 annual meeting. In this article, we review the latest advancements ... -
Impacts of biomedical hashtag-based Twitter campaign: #DHPSP utilization for promotion of open innovation in digital health, patient safety, and personalized medicine
(2021)Abstract: The open innovation hub Digital Health and Patient Safety Platform (DHPSP) was recently established with the purpose to invigorate collaborative scientific research and the development of new digital products ... -
The Impacts of Home Confinement Due To Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Children: A Cross Sectional Survey Study, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, UAE
(2020)Children are developing individuals with countless factors affecting their growth and development, from genetics to parenting, schools, environments, nutrition, good habits of sleep and health. They are very sensitive ... -
Implantable loop recorder detection of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (The LOOP Study): a randomised controlled trial
(2021)Background: It is unknown whether screening for atrial fibrillation and subsequent treatment with anticoagulants if atrial fibrillation is detected can prevent stroke. Continuous electrocardiographic monitoring using an ... -
Implementing Institutional Repository to Enhance Research Impact of MBRU Community
(2019-11)In this electronic publishing age, academic institutions including universities have increasingly recognized that an institutional repository (IR) is an essential infrastructure for scholarly dissemination. An IR is ... -
Implication of genetic variants in overweight and obesity susceptibility among the young Arab population of the United Arab Emirates
(2020)Objective: Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer. Genetic predisposition has been shown to play a key role in obesity, and genome-wide ... -
Implications and theragnostic potentials of circular RNAs in rheumatic diseases
(2023)Abstract: Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a class of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), are highly stable and ubiquitous molecules that exhibit tissue-specific expression. Accumulating evidence has shown that aberrant expression of ... -
Implications of conflict on mental health in Somalia and beyond
(2022)Introduction: Somalia, a nation in the horn of Africa, has been suffering from continuous conflict, political unrest and a high disease burden since the outbreak of civil war in 1991 (World Bank n.d.; IHME n.d.). The ... -
Implications of preexisting asthma on COVID-19 pathogenesis
(2021)Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic spreading at an alarming rate has taken a heavy toll on the public healthcare systems and economies worldwide. An abnormal and overactivated inflammatory response ... -
Implications of social media misinformation on COVID-19 vaccine confidence among pregnant women in Africa
(2022)Abstract: It has been over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and subsequently a global pandemic. The world has experienced ... -
Importance of efficient operation note writing: review of guidance
(2021)Background: Operative notes are the most important account of a surgical procedure containing all details that may have been encountered during the surgery. Summary: Below par quality of these notes remains a ...