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A Comparison of Drug Shortages in the Hospital Setting in the United States and Saudi Arabia: An Exploratory Analysis.

Hospital pharmacy

Alsheikh M, Seoane-Vazquez E, Rittenhouse B, Fox ER, Fanikos J.
PMID: 27303090
Hosp Pharm. 2016 May;51(5):370-5. doi: 10.1310/hpj5105-370.

BACKGROUND: Drug shortages are a problem that has been growing in recent years. This problem has an impact on patient outcomes and public health. Most countries have been affected by a diversity of drug supply chain problems.OBJECTIVE: To assess...

In vivo study of corneal responses to increased intraocular pressure loading.

Eye and vision (London, England)

Elsheikh A, McMonnies CW, Whitford C, Boneham GC.
PMID: 26693165
Eye Vis (Lond). 2015 Dec 10;2:20. doi: 10.1186/s40662-015-0029-z. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: The cornea is responsible for two-thirds of the eye's refractive power which is a function of the shape and refractive index. The aim of this present study is to examine human eyes in vivo for corneal shape changes...

Pulmonary blastoma: a rare primary lung malignancy.

Case reports in medicine

Alahwal MS, Maniyar IH, Saleem F, Alshiekh M.
PMID: 23049565
Case Rep Med. 2012;2012:471613. doi: 10.1155/2012/471613. Epub 2012 Sep 19.

Pulmonary blastoma, a rare primary lung malignancy, is considered to be distinct from other lung tumors based on pathological features, clinical course, and prognosis. More than one hundred cases have been reported in literature highlighting an interesting fact about...

A journey from being preterm to pediatric neurology.

Sudanese journal of paediatrics

AlSheikh RA, AlSheikh RA.
PMID: 30799906
Sudan J Paediatr. 2018;18(2):72-73. doi: 10.24911/SJP.106-1545214668.

This article highlights the story of two pediatric neurology residents (identical twin sisters Rana and Rawan) who work at the Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), King Saud University,...

Crop metabolomics: from diagnostics to assisted breeding.

Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society

Alseekh S, Bermudez L, de Haro LA, Fernie AR, Carrari F.
PMID: 30830402
Metabolomics. 2018 Nov 03;14(11):148. doi: 10.1007/s11306-018-1446-5.

BACKGROUND: Until recently, plant metabolomics have provided a deep understanding on the metabolic regulation in individual plants as experimental units. The application of these techniques to agricultural systems subjected to more complex interactions is a step towards the implementation...

Repeatability and Reproducibility of Intraocular Pressure and Dynamic Corneal Response Parameters Assessed by the Corvis ST.

Journal of ophthalmology

Lopes BT, Roberts CJ, Elsheikh A, Vinciguerra R, Vinciguerra P, Reisdorf S, Berger S, Koprowski R, Ambrósio R.
PMID: 28676837
J Ophthalmol. 2017;2017:8515742. doi: 10.1155/2017/8515742. Epub 2017 Jun 06.

PURPOSE: To assess the repeatability and reproducibility of dynamic corneal response parameters measured by the Corvis ST (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany).METHODS: One eye randomly selected from 32 healthy volunteers was examined by the Corvis ST. Three different devices were used...

Biomechanical diagnostics of the cornea.

Eye and vision (London, England)

Esporcatte LPG, Salomão MQ, Lopes BT, Vinciguerra P, Vinciguerra R, Roberts C, Elsheikh A, Dawson DG, Ambrósio R.
PMID: 32042837
Eye Vis (Lond). 2020 Feb 05;7:9. doi: 10.1186/s40662-020-0174-x. eCollection 2020.

Corneal biomechanics has been a hot topic for research in contemporary ophthalmology due to its prospective applications in diagnosis, management, and treatment of several clinical conditions, including glaucoma, elective keratorefractive surgery, and different corneal diseases. The clinical biomechanical investigation...

Facial analysis using a new clinical device: The Kattan Facio-meter.

Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry

El Kattan ES, Elhiny OA, El Kattan ME, El Kattan AE, Elsheikh A.
PMID: 30697388
J Clin Exp Dent. 2019 Jan 01;11(1):e9-e14. doi: 10.4317/jced.55394. eCollection 2019 Jan.

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to attempt to set average faciometric standards for Egyptians using the Kattan Facio-meter.MATERIAL AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 180 faculty students with age range 17-25 years. It was divided into three...

A retrospective cross-sectional study of antibiotics prescribing patterns in admitted patients at a tertiary care setting in the KSA.

International journal of health sciences

Alharafsheh A, Alsheikh M, Ali S, Baraiki AA, Alharbi G, Alhabshi T, Aboutaleb A.
PMID: 30022906
Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2018 Jul-Aug;12(4):67-71.

OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the pattern of antibiotics' prescribing for hospitalized adult patients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study explored the prescribing practices of antibiotics in a large tertiary care setting serving diverse population.METHODS: This retrospective...

Bladder Stones Associated with an Aggressive Plasmacytoid Variant of Urothelial Cancer: A Rare Case and Literature Review.

Current urology

Alsheikh M, Zaman MF, Gopinath P, Qteishat A.
PMID: 31998055
Curr Urol. 2020 Jan;13(4):217-223. doi: 10.1159/000499268. Epub 2020 Jan 07.

Urothelial carcinoma is the most common histologic subtype of bladder cancer, accounting for approximately 90%. We herein report a case of a 78-year-old man with an unusual association of bladder stones with an aggressive plasmacytoid variant of urothelial cancer....

Performance of Zernike polynomials in reconstructing raw-elevation data captured by Pentacam HR, Medmont E300 and Eye Surface Profiler.

Heliyon

Wei Y, Lopes BT, Eliasy A, Wu R, Fathy A, Elsheikh A, Abass A.
PMID: 35005275
Heliyon. 2021 Dec 18;7(12):e08623. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08623. eCollection 2021 Dec.

PURPOSE: To investigate the capability of Zernike polynomials fitting to reconstruct corneal surfaces as measured by Pentacam HR tomographer, Medmont E300 Placido-disc and Eye Surface Profiler (ESP).METHODS: The study utilised a collection of clinical data of 527 participants. Pentacam...

Genome-wide association studies of Arabidopsis dark-induced senescence reveals signatures of autophagy in metabolic reprogramming.

Autophagy

Zhu F, Alseekh S, Wen W, Cheng Y, Fernie AR.
PMID: 34781818
Autophagy. 2021 Nov 15;1-2. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2021.2003041. Epub 2021 Nov 15.

Macroautophagy/autophagy is a conserved mechanism responsible for the degradation of unnecessary or dysfunctional components and recycling of the nutrients they contain in order to promote cellular or organismal longevity. In plants photosynthesis is massively impaired under extended darkness stress...

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