Preoperative Bevacizumab Does Not Significantly Increase Postoperative Complication Rates in Patients Undergoing Hepatic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases by Kesmodel, Susan

“…Purpose Although bevacizumab (BV) increases survival rates when used with chemotherapy (CTX) in patients who have metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), an increase in wound complications has been observed in patients who undergo surgery while receiving BV. …”
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Decreased Analgesic Requirements in Super Morbidly Versus Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by Hamed Elgendy (14148846)

Social Media Use and Body Checking Among Lebanese Adults by Korkomaz, Aya

“…That being said, interventions regulating social media content to limit the spread of unrealistic beauty standards and media literacy campaigns educating people may be helpful to decrease body checking behaviors thus decreasing the risk of body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating.…”
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Differential water quality in confined and free-flowing water bodies, Lebanon by Korfali, Samira Ibrahim

“…Statistical analysis of the data revealed significant differences in water quality. The differences could be attributed to the fact that whereas the Qaraaoun reservoir is receiving domestic waste discharges that lead to an increase in the CO2 content and a pH decrease, the Nahr-Ibrahim River is influenced by agricultural runoffs and industrial discharges that increase the pH values. …”
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Digital Predistortion Using Relaxed Sampling Rates by Ahmed, Serien

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Prospective study of incidence and predictors of peripheral intravenous catheter-induced complications by Abolfotouh, Mostafa A.

“…Conclusion Incidence of complications in this study was significantly higher than rates in previous studies. …”
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Biliary complications after liver transplantation--523 consecutive cases in two centers by Dorobantu, Bogdan

“…Background/aims: Despite various surgical techniques, biliary tract complications (BC) remain a major source of morbidity after liver transplantation (LT). …”
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Modification of glucocorticoid effects on body weight gain, plasma lipids by changes in diet composition by Bouclaous, Carmel

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Maternal Body Mass Index and Recommended Gestational Weight Gain in a Middle Eastern Setting by Tawa Olukade (11619453)

“…In line with IOM recommendations, we found that higher BMI was correlated with decreased GWG and BMI was significantly associated with GWG even after adjusting for maternal age, parity, and infants’ gestational age at birth. …”

Infectious complications with nondaily versus daily infusion of intravenous fat emulsions in non–critically ill adults by Btaiche, Imad F.

“…This retrospective study evaluated the rate of infections associated with the nondaily as compared to daily IVFE infusion in hospitalized adult patients. …”
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Dietary Calcium Intake of 1200 mg/d May Have Negative Correlation on Percent Body Fat by Dimassi, Hani I.

“…Calcium intake was not statistically correlated with body composition. The high-calcium group (intake ≥1200 mg/d) had a significantly higher mean caloric intake (P ≤ .01) and significantly lower percent body fat (P ≤ .05) than the low-calcium group (intake <1200 mg/d). …”
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Daytime versus nighttime laparoscopic appendectomy in term of complications and clinical outcomes: A retrospective study of 1001 appendectomies by Amjad A., Shah

“…ConclusionAppendectomy conducted at night is correlated with similar complications as appendectomy performed during the day, and that the varied shift hours had no effect on the complication rates or on the quality of care provided to patients at our hospital.…”
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Daytime versus nighttime laparoscopic appendectomy in term of complications and clinical outcomes: A retrospective study of 1001 appendectomies by Amjad A. Shah (17337805)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">Appendectomy conducted at night is correlated with similar complications as appendectomy performed during the day, and that the varied shift hours had no effect on the complication rates or on the quality of care provided to patients at our hospital.…”

High Survival Rate After Two-Stage Resection of Advanced Colorectal Liver Metastases by Brouquet, Antoine

“…After 50 months median follow-up, the 5-year survival rate was 51% in the TSR group and 15% in the medical group (P = .005). …”
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Risk factors for extubation-related complications in morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery: a retrospective cohort study by Ayten Saracoglu (8075222)

“…This study aimed to determine the rate and frequency of complications during tracheal extubation in patients undergoing bariatric surgery and the associated risk factors for these complications.…”

Complications and side effects of Wide-Awake Local Anaesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) in upper limb surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jad Lawand (21633647)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">WALANT has a low overall complication rate of 1.7%, with no significant temporal variation and a significant reduction in complications when sodium bicarbonate is added to the anaesthetic solution. …”

Reducing Caesarean Rates in Qatar: A Pressing Public Health Imperative – Policy adjustments in Labour Inductions. by Morounfolu Thompson (17045472)

“…</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p dir="ltr">The use of a second cycle of vaginal Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2 ) for induction of labour was effective and safe as reflected by the absence of birth asphyxia, and low rates of comparable times to delivery without significant complications (Figure 2). …”

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are inversely associated with body adiposity measurements but the association with bone mass is non-linear in postmenopausal women by Vijay, Ganji

“…Multivariate adjusted regression was applied to determine the association between serum 25(OH)D and body adiposity markers and bone mass. Serum 25(OH)D was significantly, inversely associated with body mass index (p < 0.0005), waist circumference (0.044), fat mass (p < 0.003), gynoid fat (p < 0.001), and android fat (p < 0.009). …”
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are inversely associated with body adiposity measurements but the association with bone mass is non-linear in postmenopausal women by Vijay Ganji (8710491)

“…Multivariate adjusted regression was applied to determine the association between serum 25(OH)D and body adiposity markers and bone mass. Serum 25(OH)D was significantly, inversely associated with body mass index (p < 0.0005), waist circumference (0.044), fat mass (p < 0.003), gynoid fat (p < 0.001), and android fat (p < 0.009). …”

Primary and overall success rates for clinical outcomes after laparoscopic, endoscopic, and open pancreatic cystgastrostomy for pancreatic pseudocysts by Azar, Riad

“…The primary success rate was significantly higher (p < 0.01) for laparoscopic and open groups than for the endoscopic group, but the overall success rate was equivalent across the groups (nonsignificant differences). …”
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