Volume 34, Issue 2 (2021)
Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Epidemiological study of nephrotic syndrome in pediatrics in Menoufia University Hospitals
Ghada M. El-Mashad, Hebatallah M. Bahbah, Mahmoud M. Esmail, and Zein A. Omar
Cardiology and Vascular Medicine
Assessment of anti streptolysin O titer in healthy school-age children in Qalyubia Governorate
Ahmed S. Ali Ibrahim, Fady M. El-Gendy, Hanan M. ElSayed, and Mohamed A. Zannoun
Assessment of anti streptolysin O titre in healthy school age children in Menoufia governorate
Fady M. El-Gendy, Hanan M. ElSayed, Ibrahim G. Eldin Awad Zalabia, and Mohamed A. Zannoun
Chest
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of viral encephalitis in children in Menoufia governorate, Egypt
Ghada M. El-Nabawy Zahow, Nagwa Y. Daleh, Sameh A. Abd El-Naby, Shimaa E. Soliman, and Wafaa M. Abo El-Fotoh
Clinical Pathology
Comparative study of total serum bilirubin levels measured via blood vs skin in neonates
Dalia M. Elahony, Maha A. Tawfik, Menan E. Salem, Mostafa G. Elsunsafty, and Samira A. Abdulaziz
Role of urine reagent strips in diagnosis of childhood meningitis
Ahmed T. Mahmoud, Mohammad A. Elhag, Nahla M. Said, and Reem M. El Kholy
Serum thrombomodulin level in neonates with septic shock
Ahmed T. Mahmoud, Dina A. Midan, Mohamed A Mohamed Farea, and Reham S. Elzaiat
Evaluation of platelet-rich plasma vs steroid in the treatment of sacroiliitis by ultrasound-guided injection in patients with seronegative axial spondyloarthropathies
Alaa A. Labeeb, Eman A. Abd Allah, Eman A. Galbat, Mohammed K. Abd El Mageed, and Samar G. Soliman
Role of different MRI sequences in evaluation of pediatric spinal dysraphism
Aya K. A. Mostafa, Mohamed K. Abd-Elmageed, and Mohamed R. El-Kholy
The success of sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients
Ahmad S. El-Gammal, Ahmad M. Elbeih, Alaa A. El-Sisi, and Suzy F. Gohar
Dermatology
Preoperative prediction and good planning for technically difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a scoring method
Ahmed M. Omar, Asem F. Moustafa, and Moharram A. S. Mohammed
Intussusception in children: effect of symptom duration on the outcome of hydrostatic reduction
Chukwubuike K. Emeka
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty as a treatment of stenosis of arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis
Hesham S. Abu-Gruidah, Hossam M. Adel Ibrahim Eissa, Nehad A. Zaida, and Walid M. Omran
Prognostic factors in management of postoperative spondylodiscitis
Adel M. Hanafy, Hisham M. A. Rahma, Mohamed M. Al Mashad, Tarek M. Rageh, and Yasser I. Mahgoub
Intracranial hydatid cysts: a report on 16 cases
Ahmed Saro and Samy M. Selim
Clinical implications of dexamethasone administration on Doppler indices of umbilical and middle cerebral arteries in preterm fetuses
Abdelhamid E. Shaheen, Dalia I. Morsi, Mohamed A. Alsayed, and Moustafa M. Youniss
Letrozole versus clomiphene and tamoxifen in ovulation induction in clomiphene-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome cases
Heba Maged, Mohammed Abdel-Allah Rezk, Omayma G. Abdel-Latif, and Ragab Dawood
Antenatal ultrasound measurement of fetal-thigh soft-tissue thickness as a predictor of fetal birth weight
Alaa M. Abdelgied, Ayman E. Solyman, Mohammed F. M. Attalla, Sayed AbdelMoneim, and Waleed A. Mousa
Maternal sociodemographic and antenatal factors as predictors of low-birth weight in Ghana
Alhassan A. Rauf and Mariah A. Sulemana
Ologen implantation with silicon tube implantation in dacryocystorhinostomy surgery
Diaa A. Kamel, Hesham M. F. Elmazar, and Osama A. Elmorsy
Nasal foreign bodies in children – our experiences at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Eastern India
Jasashree Choudhury and Santosh K. Swain
Topical timolol versus oral propranolol for the treatment of hemangioma in children
Saad M. Abd Elnaby, Tamer A. Sultan, and Tamer F. Abd Elaziz
Does finasteride affect blood loss during monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate?
Mohamed Metwalli, Mohamed Selim, Mohamed Badr Eldin, and Tarek M. Abd El Baky
Deaths among COVID-19-infected patients: Not all are owing to infection
Beuy Joob and Viroj Wiwanitkit
Endemic and Tropical Medicine
Toxoplasma gondii, Taenia solium, and adult-onset epilepsy
Ana L. F. Caprara and Jamir P. Rissardo
Role of functional MRI in language and speech disorders: an overview
Ana L. F. Caprara and Jamir P. Rissardo
Smartwatch, atrial fibrillation, and stroke
Ana L. F. Caprara and Jamir P. Rissardo
General Surgery
The relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and cancers
Ahmed K. Abd Elaziz Ewida, Ashraf G. Dala, and El-Arab A. A. Ezz
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Neuroprotectors in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in neonates: a systematic review
Ali M. El-Shafie, Dalia M. El Lahouny, Faten S Abedelrhamn Hamoud, and Zein A. El Latif Omar
Prevalence of anxiety and depression in dizzy patients using Arabic hospital anxiety and depression scale
Asmaa S. Moaty, Hossam S. Talaat, and Mariam G. Mehrez
Video head impulse test in epileptic patients
Abd El Mageed H. Kabel, Asmaa S. Moaty, Gelan M. Salem, and Heba A. M. Eldesoky
Assessment of left ventricular function in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis
Abdallah M. Kamal, Ahmed M. Zahran, David G. A. Ebrahim, and Naglaa F. Ahmed
Evaluation of serum vaspin levels with the severity of coronary artery disease
Dalia H. Abou-Elela, Laila M. Montaser, Rehab I. Yasin, and Safwa F. El Shorbagy
Association of metabolic syndrome and female pattern hair loss
Hend M. El-Zeftawy and Mohamed A. Gaber
Epidemiology of leprosy in Nile Delta, Egypt: a 5-year survey
Alaa H. Maraee, Azza G. A. Farag, Passant M. Sharshar, and Reda A. L. Ibrahem
Role of cluster of differentiation 93 in psoriasis
Alaa H. Maraee, Eman M. Abd El-Gayed, Eman A. El-Batanony, and Heba Allah S. Bazid
Does signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 have a role in lichen planus?
Azza G. A. Farag, Magda M. Hagag, Rehab M. Samaka, and Sara F. Sultan
Serum mast cell tryptase in patients with renal failure and its relation to severity of pruritus
Heba E. Kasem, Magda M. Hagag, Rania M. Azmy, and Sara H. Abd El Hafez
Ophthalmology
Substance P: Does it have a role in renal pruritus?
Belal Abd El-Mohsen Montaser, Hossam Abd El-Hamied Yassien, Mohamed Abd El-Moneim Shoeib, and Reham Hassan El-Hetamy
Quality of life in patients having hirsutism
Mohamed A. E. Gaber and Sara A. El-Sayed
Echocardiographic changes in psoriatic patients
Alaa H. Maraee, Amira H. Youssief, Ola A. Bakry, and Shrein S. Elsyeed
The assessment of serum S100B in vitiligo
Mohammed A. Shoieb, Ola A. Bakry, Omima M. Abd El-Aty Gomaa, and Shimaa El-Shafey Soliman
Role of high mobility group box 1 in vitiligo
Eman M. Abd Elgayed, Eman El-Sayed Ahmed Ghoniem, and Mohammed A. Basha
Troponin I in alopecia areata and female pattern hair loss
Amira S. Iraqi, Mohammed A. Shoeib, Ola A. Bakry, and Shimaa E. Soliman
Prevalence of female sexual dysfunction during pregnancy
Al Shaimaa E. Eisa and Mohamed A. Gaber
Prevalence of vaginismus in Delta, Egypt
Mohamed A. Gaber and Shaimaa S. El-Sahy
Health care-associated infections at an Egyptian tertiary care hospital: a 2-year prospective study
Ayman A. Sakr, Faten E. Younis, Mohamed A. Sakr, Reda A. Ibrahem, Reem M. El Kholy, Sanaa S. Hamam, Wafaa A. Zahran, and Zeinab A. Kasemy
The role of esophagogastroduodenoscopy in assessment of patients undergoing bariatric surgery
Asem F. Moustafa, Ayman A. Sakr, Hossam Eldin M. Selim, and Mostafa K. Abd El-Aal Bedair
Cesarean sections rate and maternal knowledge and attitude towards the mode of delivery in Egypt
Marwa I. Zayed, Osama A. El Kelany, and Safa H. Alkalash
Changes in maternal knowledge regarding vitamin D and its health importance after application of an educational program
Hala M. Shaheen, Heba M. Tawfeek, and Safa H. Alkalash
Evaluation of serum soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia
Ahmed A. Khatab, Heba S. Elsamany, Muhammad S. El-Mekkawy, Nagwan Y. Saleh, and Shimaa E. Soliman
Orthopedic Surgery
Substance use disorder and risk behaviors among secondary school adolescents in a rural area in Egypt
Hala M. Shaheen, Safaa A. Amin, and Samar M. Abu Elsoud
Awareness of primary health care physicians toward musculoskeletal complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Alaa A. Labeeb, Lamiaa R. Abd El Aziz Molda, and Nagwa N. Hegazy
Outcomes of diabetes self-management education on glycemic control among diabetic patients (Menoufia family medicine clinic)
Hanan Hathout, Nagwa A. Farag, and Nagwa N. Hegazy
Study of Golgi protein 73 in patients with hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma
Ahmed A. Sonbol, Amr S. Ibrahim, Ashraf G. Dala, and El-Arab A. Ezz
Different aspects of colorectal polyps in a cohort of elderly Egyptian patients: monocentric experience
Ahmed I. Ellakany, Inass I. Zaki, and Marwa A. M. Saad
Prognosis of vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphism in Egyptian patients with acute myeloid leukemia
Hagar A. Alagizy, Islam M. El-Garawani, Mohamed A. Helwa, Mohammed F. Farag, and Omnia S. Ali
Otorhinolaryngology
Seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus and hepatitis E virus among the patients presenting with acute viral hepatitis admitted in a tertiary care center located in Central India
Jinwal Meena, Maneesha Pandey, Neelesh Gagrani, Prachi Shaw, and Trupti Bajpai
Correlation between brain-derived neurotrophic factor and executive function in cannabinoid addiction
Lamyaa G. E. Elhamrawy, Maha A. Hamoudah, and Shereen M. Ibrahim
Pediatrics
Serum zinc and iron levels in children with febrile seizures
Ahmad T. Mahmoud, Maha A. Albassuoni, Mona A. Youssef El-Behairy, and Sameh A. Abd El Nabi
Echocardiographic comparison between oral acetaminophen versus ibuprofen in management of patent ductus arteriosus in neonates
Ghada M. El-Mashad, Hanan M. Elsayed, and Marwa M. Khalil
Study of lung ultrasonography as a diagnostic tool in childhood pneumonia
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi
Plastic Surgery
Visual-evoked potential changes in opioid addiction
Hanan M. Elsaadany, Lamyaa G. E. Elhamrawy, and Maram A. Z. Nassar
Motor recovery and brain-derived neurotrophic factor level in patients with poststroke depression
Khaled H. Afifi, Lamiaa G. Elhamrawy, Mohammed E. Helmy, and Mostafa S. Melake
Urology
Role of cytoplasmic localization of discoidin domain receptor 1 in basal-cell carcinoma
May E. Attia, Mohammed A. Basha, and Rehab M. Samaka