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Negative predictive value of preoperative computed tomography in determining pathologic local invasion, nodal disease, and abdominal metastases in gastric cancer.

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)

Kagedan DJ, Frankul F, El-Sedfy A, McGregor C, Elmi M, Zagorski B, Dixon ME, Mahar AL, Vasilevska-Ristovska J, Helyer L, Rowsell C, Swallow CJ, Law CH, Coburn NG.
PMID: 27536178
Curr Oncol. 2016 Aug;23(4):273-9. doi: 10.3747/co.23.3124. Epub 2016 Aug 12.

BACKGROUND: Before undergoing curative-intent resection of gastric adenocarcinoma (ga), most patients undergo abdominal computed tomography (ct) imaging to determine contraindications to resection (local invasion, distant metastases). However, the ability to detect contraindications is variable, and the literature is limited...

Improving the quality of care of children in community clinics: an intervention and evaluation in Bangladesh.

Public health action

Huque R, Ahmed F, King R, Walley J, Hicks JP, Elsey H, Nasreen S, Kumar A, Newell JN.
PMID: 27358800
Public Health Action. 2016 Jun 21;6(2):77-82. doi: 10.5588/pha.16.0004.

SETTING: Community health care providers (CHCPs) in 40 rural community clinics of Comilla district, Bangladesh, were trained using a newly developed case-management job aid based on the World Health Organization Integrated Management of Childhood Illness and a communication guide.OBJECTIVES:...

Optimizing inter-professional communications in surgery: protocol for a mixed-methods exploratory study.

JMIR research protocols

Hallet J, Wallace D, El-Sedfy A, Hall TN, Ahmed N, Bridge J, Taggar R, Smith AJ, Nathens AB, Coburn NG, Gotlib-Conn L.
PMID: 25745882
JMIR Res Protoc. 2015 Mar 05;4(1):e8. doi: 10.2196/resprot.3623.

BACKGROUND: Effective nurse-physician communication is critical to delivering high quality patient care. Interprofessional communication between surgical nurses and surgeons, often through the use of pagers, is currently characterized by information gaps and interprofessional tensions, both sources of workflow interruption,...

Public Health Risks in Urban Slums: Findings of the Qualitative 'Healthy Kitchens Healthy Cities' Study in Kathmandu, Nepal.

PloS one

Elsey H, Manandah S, Sah D, Khanal S, MacGuire F, King R, Wallace H, Baral SC.
PMID: 27685999
PLoS One. 2016 Sep 29;11(9):e0163798. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163798. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: Communities in urban slums face multiple risks to their health. These are shaped by intermediary and structural determinants. Gaining a clear understanding of these determinants is a prerequisite for developing interventions to reduce the health consequences of urban...

Review and Recommendations on Management of Adult Female Thalassemia Patients with Hypogonadism based on Literature Review and Experience of ICET-A Network Specialists.

Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases

De Sanctis V, Soliman AT, Elsedfy H, Albu A, Al Jaouni S, Anastasi S, Bisconte MG, Canatan D, Christou S, Daar S, Di Maio S, El Kholy M, Khater D, Elshinawy M, Kilinc Y, Mattei R, Mosli HH, Quota A, Roberti MG, Sobti P, Yaarubi SA, Canpisi S, Kattamis C.
PMID: 28101307
Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 01;9(1):e2017001. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2017.001. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: Multi-transfused thalassemia major (TM) patients frequently develop severe endocrine complications, mainly due to iron overload, anemia, and chronic liver disease, which require prompt diagnosis, treatment and follow-up by specialists. The most common endocrine complication documented is hypogonadotropic hypogonadism...

Effect of quitting smoking on health outcomes during treatment for tuberculosis: secondary analysis of the TB & Tobacco Trial.

Thorax

Siddiqi K, Keding A, Marshall AM, Dogar O, Li J, Huque R, Fatima R, Khan A, Elsey H, Gabe R, Kotz D, Sheikh A.
PMID: 34272336
Thorax. 2022 Jan;77(1):74-78. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215926. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

BACKGROUND: Despite treatment, patients with tuberculosis (TB) who smoke have poorer outcomes compared with non-smokers. It is unknown, however, if quitting smoking during the 6 months of TB treatment improves TB outcomes.METHODS: The TB & Tobacco Trial was a...

Thyroid Disorders in Homozygous β-Thalassemia: Current Knowledge, Emerging Issues and Open Problems.

Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases

De Sanctis V, Soliman AT, Canatan D, Yassin MA, Daar S, Elsedfy H, Di Maio S, Raiola G, Corrons JV, Kattamis C.
PMID: 31205633
Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2019 May 01;11(1):e2019029. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2019.029. eCollection 2019.

Changes in thyroid function and thyroid function tests occur in patients with β-thalassemia major (TM). The frequency of hypothyroidism in TM patients ranges from 4% to 29 % in different reports. The wide variation has been attributed to several...

Why cultural ecosystem services matter most: Exploring the pathways linking greenspaces and mental health in a low-income country.

The Science of the total environment

Nawrath M, Elsey H, Dallimer M.
PMID: 34627115
Sci Total Environ. 2022 Feb 01;806:150551. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150551. Epub 2021 Sep 24.

Exposure to urban greenspaces promotes a variety of mental health benefits. However, much of the evidence for these benefits is biased towards high-income countries. In contrast, urban areas in low-income settings that have the highest rates of urbanisation remain...

Predictors of adjuvant treatment for pancreatic adenocarcinoma at the population level.

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)

Kagedan DJ, Dixon ME, Raju RS, Li Q, Elmi M, Shin E, Liu N, El-Sedfy A, Paszat L, Kiss A, Earle CC, Mittmann N, Coburn NG.
PMID: 27803598
Curr Oncol. 2016 Oct;23(5):334-342. doi: 10.3747/co.23.3205. Epub 2016 Oct 25.

BACKGROUND: In the present study, we aimed to describe, at the population level, patterns of adjuvant treatment use after curative-intent resection for pancreatic adenocarcinoma (pcc) and to identify independent predictors of adjuvant treatment use.METHODS: In this observational cohort study,...

A real-time virtual machine for task placement in loosely-coupled computer systems.

Heliyon

Elsedfy MO, Murtada WA, Abdulqawi EF, Gad-Allah M.
PMID: 31309162
Heliyon. 2019 Jun 27;5(6):e01998. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01998. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Nowadays, virtualization and real-time systems are increasingly relevant. Real-time virtual machines are adequate for closely-coupled computer systems, execute tasks from associated language only and re-target tasks to the new platform at runtime. Complex systems in space, avionics, and military...

Liver Iron Concentration and Liver Impairment in Relation to Serum IGF-1 Levels in Thalassaemia Major Patients: A Retrospective Study.

Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases

De Sanctis V, Soliman AT, Candini G, Kattamis C, Raiola G, Elsedfy H.
PMID: 25745543
Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 20;7(1):e2015016. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2015.016. eCollection 2015.

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β-Thalassemia Distribution in the Old World: an Ancient Disease Seen from a Historical Standpoint.

Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases

De Sanctis V, Kattamis C, Canatan D, Soliman AT, Elsedfy H, Karimi M, Daar S, Wali Y, Yassin M, Soliman N, Sobti P, Al Jaouni S, El Kholy M, Fiscina B, Angastiniotis M.
PMID: 28293406
Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2017 Feb 20;9(1):e2017018. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2017.018. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: Haemoglobinopathies constitute the commonest recessive monogenic disorders worldwide, and the treatment of affected individuals presents a substantial global disease burden. β-thalassaemia is characterised by the reduced synthesis (βAIM: The principal aim of this paper is to review, from...

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