A complicated case of an intracranial epidermoid cyst by Abdelkader Dib, Johny Salem, Marwan Haddad, Omar Awar, Mirna Fares

Get full text

Arthroscopic Excision of Intra-Articular Hip Osteoid Osteoma: A Report of 2 Cases by Alexandre H. Nehme, Alaa G. Bou Ghannam, Joseph P. Imad, Fouad C. Jabbour, Ramzi Moucharafieh, Joseph Wehbe

Get full text

Nasogastric Tube Feeding-Induced Esophageal Bezoar: Case Description by Jad A. Degheili, Mikhael G. Sebaaly, Ali H. Hallal

Get full text

Acute Stroke Care and Thrombolytic Therapy Use in a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon by Mazen J. El Sayed, Tharwat El Zahran, Hani Tamim

“…Our study examined patient characteristics and outcomes in addition to barriers to rt-PA utilization in a tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon. Methods. A retrospective chart review of all adult patients admitted to the emergency department during a one-year period (June 1st, 2009, to June 1st, 2010) with a final discharge diagnosis of ischemic stroke was completed. …”
Get full text

EBV Infection Unmasking a Choledochal Cyst in an Infant by Hassan El Khatib, Batoul Kawtharany, Diyaa Mohammad, Mohammad Siblini, Nahida El-Rifai

Get full text

Literature Review and Clinical Presentation of Bilateral Acetabular Fractures Secondary to Seizure Attacks by Alexandre H. Nehme, Jihad F. Matta, Alaa G. Boughannam, Fouad C. Jabbour, Joseph Imad, Ramzi Moucharafieh

Get full text

Solitary Laryngeal Metastasis from Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney: Clinical Case and Review of the Literature by Tarek Assi, Elie El Rassy, Amine Haddad, Joseph Kattan

Get full text

Prehospital Emergency Ultrasound: A Review of Current Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Implications by Mazen J. El Sayed, Elie Zaghrini

Get full text

Physicochemical Evaluation of the Upper Litani River Watershed, Lebanon by Mark Saadeh, Lucy Semerjian, Nabil Amacha

Get full text

The Interplay between Linear Representations of the Braid Group by Mohammad N. Abdulrahim, Nibal H. Kassem

Get full text

Colo-colic intussusception secondary to a giant lipoma: A case report by Karine Ibrahim, MD, Christele Lahoud, MD, Rachele Lahoud, MD, Kamal Hachem, MD, Chadi Braidy, MD

Get full text

Atraumatic Left Distal Radial Artery Aneurysm by Joseph Maalouly, Dany Aouad, Elias Saidy, Antonios Tawk, Georges Baaklini, Chawki Cortbawi

Get full text

Systematic and Empirical Study of the Dependence of Polyphenol Recovery from Apricot Pomace on Temperature and Solvent Concentration Levels by Dina Cheaib, Nada El Darra, Hiba N. Rajha, Richard G. Maroun, Nicolas Louka

Get full text

Clinical presentations and outcomes of celiac disease in children and adolescents at a tertiary care center in Lebanon by Dana Andari, Rima Hanna-Wakim, Sarah Khafaja, Nadine Yazbeck

“…The aim of this 10-year-retrospective study was to describe the common clinical presentations, diagnostic modalities, and the effect of the gluten-free- diet (GFD) on the growth of children and adolescents with celiac disease.MethodsThis was a retrospective chart review of subjects aged 6 months to 18 years who visited the Pediatric Gastroenterology clinic at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) between January 1, 2013, and June 30, 2023, and who were diagnosed with celiac disease based on serological markers and/or changes on histology of the small intestinal mucosal biopsies for those who underwent upper endoscopy, or HLA typing expressing the HLA-DQ2 or DQ8 gene for few subjects.ResultsThe study included 90 patients with celiac disease, of whom 64 were newly diagnosed during the study period. …”
Get full text

Reference intervals for thyroid-stimulating hormone in the adult Lebanese population: Results from the last decade by Elie Naous, Riam Hijazi, Marianne Chalhoub, Nada El Ghorayeb, Marie-Hélène Gannagé-Yared

“…Methods: TSH values of 80156 outpatient subjects (age range 18–99) were retrospectively collected between January 2011 and April 2021 from a tertiary university medical center in Beirut. TSH was measured using the same chemiluminescent assay (Immulite 2000). …”
Get full text

The Association Between Periodontitis, Gingivitis, Tooth Loss and Stroke: An Umbrella Study with Meta-Analysis by Jad El Masri, Ahmad Al Malak, Diala El Masri, Maya Ghazi, Silva Al Boussi, Yasmina El Masri, Mohammad Hassoun, Maryam Tlayss, Pascale Salameh, Hassan Hosseini

Get full text

Perinephric Hematoma with Active Arterial Hemorrhage following Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy by Edward Assaf, Rawad Abou Zahr, Elie Ghabi, Imad Ghantous

Get full text

Congenital Bladder Diverticulum in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rawad Abou Zahr, Khalil Chalhoub, Farah Ollaik, Joe Nohra

Get full text

Gastric Pouch Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour Post-Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A First Reported Case by Wissam Dib, Melissa Kyriakos Saad, Georges El Hachem, Bassim Sawan, Elias Saikaly

Get full text

The trends of blood culture contamination and utilization rates in an LMIC tertiary care center from 2010 to 2022: a call for diagnostic stewardship? by Lama Saleh, Amanda Chamieh, Rima El Basst, Eid Azar

“… Abstract Objective: At Saint George Hospital University Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon, we determine (1) annual blood culture (BC) contamination (BCC) and utilization (BCU) rates vs international benchmarks, (2) identify blood culture contaminants, (3) bloodstream infections episodes in patients with and without COVID-19 after the pandemic onset, and (4) any epidemiologic trends in BCC and BCU. …”
Get full text