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Cross-Nation Comparison of Oral Cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: an Ecological Overview
(2015)Abstract: Eastern Mediterranean (EM) region countries include countries from the Mediterranean region and North Africa representing regions with wide variations in their politics, economy, peaceful status, and healthcare ... -
Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer incidence trends and disparities in the United States: 2000–2010
(2015-05-11)Background: Changes in the incidence of oral cancer based on anatomic location and demographic factors over time have been reported in the United States. The purpose of this study was to use recent data to examine oral ... -
Validation of the Canada Acute Coronary Syndrome Risk Score for Hospital Mortality in the Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events-2
(2015-07-24)Background: Several risk scores have been developed for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, but their use is limited by their complexity. The new Canada Acute Coronary Syndrome (C-ACS) risk score is a simple risk-assessment ... -
Between-ward disparities in colorectal cancer incidence and screening in Washington DC
(2015-09-04)Abstract This study aims to investigate the incidence and determinants of colorectal cancer (CRC) and its screening in District of Columbia (DC), and identify modifiable risk factors. Data (2000–2009) from the DC Cancer ... -
The Gulf Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Registry: Rationale, Methodology, and Implementation
(2015-12)Background: The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is effective in the prevention of sudden cardiac death in high-risk patients. Little is known about ICD use in the Arabian Gulf. We designed a study to describe ... -
Specialty Preferences and Motivating Factors: A National Survey on Medical Students from Five UAE Medical Schools
(2016)Background: Workforce planning is critical for being able to deliver appropriate health service and thus is relevant to medical education. It is, therefore, important to understand medical students’ future specialty choices ... -
Rapid detection of European orthobunyaviruses by reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays
(2016)Abstract: The development of reverse transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assays are described herein for the detection of two orthobunyaviruses (Bunyaviridae), which represent the two main ... -
Coronary artery disease prevalence and outcome in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure: an observational report from seven Middle Eastern countries
(2016)Objectives: The purpose of this study was to report prevalence, clinical characteristics, precipitating factors, management and outcome of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients hospitalized with heart ... -
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 ... -
What Do We Need to Protect, at All Costs, During the 21st Century? Reflections From a Curated, Interactive Co-Created Intellectual Jazz Performance
(2016)Abstract: The question that forms the title of this article, “What do we need to protect, at all costs, during the 21st century?,” speaks to the sizable changes in health care systems and settings that surround the ... -
Patient and System-Related Delays of Emergency Medical Services Use in Acute STElevation Myocardial Infarction: Results from the Third Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-3Ps)
(2016-01-25)Background Little is known about Emergency Medical Services (EMS) use and pre-hospital triage of patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Arabian Gulf countries. Methods Clinical arrival and ... -
Serogenotyping and emergence of extended-spectrum blactamase genes in non-typhoidal Salmonella: first report from Saudi Arabia
(2016-04-12)Salmonella are Gram-negative bacteria with >50 serogroups and >2500 serotypes. Ubiquitous non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) serotypes are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The classical approach for Salmonella ... -
First record of the Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus japonicus, in Italy: invasion from an established Austrian population
(2016-05-16)Background: In 2011 we identified the Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus japonicus (Theobald, 1901) (Diptera: Culicidae) for the first time in northern Slovenia and in the bordering Austrian federal state of Styria. ... -
Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2016
(2016-05-23)Abstract: In 2016, the order Mononegavirales was emended through the addition of two new families (Mymonaviridae and Sunviridae), the elevation of the paramyxoviral subfamily Pneumovirinae to family status (Pneumoviridae), ... -
Utilizations and Perceptions of Emergency Medical Services by Patients with ST-Segments Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction in Abu Dhabi: A Multicenter Study
(2016-06)Background: Data on the use of emergency medical services (EMS) by patients with cardiac conditions in the Gulf region are scarce, and prior studies have suggested underutilization. Patient perception and knowledge of EMS ... -
The Urotensin II System and Carotid Atherosclerosis: A Rolein Vascular Calcification
(2016-06-07)Background and Aims: The aims of the present study were to determine the expression of urotensin II(UII),urotensin II related peptide(URP),and the irreceptor (UT) in stable and unstable carotidatherosclerosis, and determine ... -
Spread of Aedes japonicus japonicus (Theobald, 1901) in Austria, 2011–2015, and first records of the subspecies for Hungary, 2012, and the principality of Liechtenstein, 2015
(2016-06-24)Background: The Asian bush mosquito, Aedes (Hulecoeteomyia) japonicus japonicus (Theobald, 1901) (Diptera: Culicidae), was first identified in Austria in August 2011 in the federal state of Styria at the border to ... -
Phylogeny of tick-derived Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strains in Iran
(2016-07-22)The presence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in Iran was assessed by collecting ticks from Golpayegan, Isfahan Province. Real time RT-PCR was used to detect the CCHFV RNA in the tick population and the ... -
Positive selection of lactase persistence among people of Southern Arabia
(2016-08-04)Objective: Frequency patterns of the lactase persistence (LP)-associated 213,915 G allele and archaeological records pointing to substantial role played by southern regions in the peopling and domestication processes that ... -
Widowhood and severity of coronary artery disease: a multicenter study
(2016-09-08)Objectives:The aim of this study was to assess the association of widowhood with the severity and extent of coronary artery disease (CAD), and whether it is modified by sex or socioeconomic status. Patients and methods: ...