A safe path to bariatric surgery: Mental health disorders in pre-operative patients.

Background: Obesity is one of the most significant global health concerns. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity currently affects nearly 1.9 billion individuals around the world.

Diabetes Mellitus across the Arabo-Islamic World: A Revolution.

Background: Mankind continues to suffer from the ever-growing diabetes epidemic and the rapid rise of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This metabolic disease has been studied since ancient civilizations. The Arabo-Islamic civilization excelled in establishing some of the most notable discoveries and teachings that remained the blueprint for years to come in the field of diabetology.

Lower odds of COVID-19-related mortality in hospitalised patients with type II diabetes mellitus: A single-centre study.

Background: COVID-19 infection in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) -a chronic illness in Lebanon-is not well described.

Methods: This was a single-centre retrospective observational study of 491 patients, including 152 patients with T2DM, who were hospitalised for COVID-19 between 20 August 2020 and 21 April 2021. Data on clinical characteristics, laboratory and radiological findings and outcomes were collected from the electronic medical records.

A Rare Presentation of Intrasellar Mucocele Post-transsphenoidal Resection of a Non-secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma.

An enlarging sphenoid sinus mucocele can facilitate the growth of an intrasellar sinus mucocele. This subsequently leads to pituitary gland compression and endocrine abnormalities. We report the case of a 54-year-old man who underwent transsphenoidal resection of a non-secreting pituitary macroadenoma.

Evolution of COVID-19 infection characteristics in a Lebanese cohort of inpatients during different pandemic periods.

This study aims to describe COVID-19 patients characteristics, laboratory and imaging results, and the different outcomes of patients admitted to the Lebanese American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital over a period of 9 months. In this observational retrospective study, data were obtained from electronic medical records of 491 male and female patients from the ages of 17 to 97. Analysis of the patients was performed in 3 periods: August 2020 to October 20 November 202020 to January 2021 and February 2021 to April 2021 corresponding with 3 waves of newly diagnosed cases during this period.

Effect of combination of prophylactic or therapeutic anticoagulation with aspirin on the outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: An observational retrospective study.

Regimens for managing thromboembolic complications of COVID-19 are still not very well established. The present study compares the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 receiving different anticoagulation regimens with and without aspirin. This is a retrospective observational study of 491 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 from August 2020 to April 2021.

Cryptococcal meningitis post-covid-19 infection: Immunomodulation, a double-edged sword.

Cryptococcal meningitis is an opportunistic infection associated with altered immunity. Immunomodulatory agent use in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may predispose such infections. Here, we present a 75-year-old male patient who presented with fever and altered general status after severe COVID-19 infection and developed cryptococcal meningitis.

Intravenous high dose vitamin C and selected antiviral drugs in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a descriptive cohort study.

Introduction: There is lack of universal agreement on the management of COVID-19. Intravenous high dose vitamin C (HDVC), remdesivir (RDV), and favipiravir (FPV) have been suggested as part of the treatment regimens and only RDV is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) so far. There is no study in Lebanon that addresses the descriptive cohort of HDVC and antiviral therapy amongst COVID-19 inpatients.

Pseudotumor Cerebri Secondary to Jugular Bulb Thrombosis: A Case Report and a Review of the Diagnostic Steps.

Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis can be a difficult diagnosis to make for various reasons, including an atypical patient profile and potentially pleomorphic signs and symptoms. The symptoms can be insidious and can evolve acutely, subacutely, or chronically. To complicate the picture even further, neurodiagnostic testing can be particularly troublesome due to both false-positive and false-negative results.

The Lebanese Healthcare Crisis: An Infinite Calamity.

In the past, a number of events rocked Lebanon, a small region of the previously prestigious Phoenician civilization. Whether it was mandates, wars, or economic compromises, the country always seemed to rise up again to a prominent stature in the Middle East. Once known as Switzerland of the East, Lebanon was torn apart by the works of sectarian battles during the civil war from 1975 to 1990.

Incidence of diabetes and its predictors in the Greater Beirut Area: a five-year longitudinal study.

Background: Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) remains a world epidemic. Obtaining accurate estimates of its incidence and their predictors will aid in targeting preventive measures, allocating resources, and strategizing its management. The Middle East North Africa region has high T2D prevalence and rates of rise.

Fixed Drug Eruption Secondary to Four Anti-diabetic Medications: An Unusual Case of Polysensitivity.

We report a case of fixed drug eruption in a 58-year-old lady treated for diabetes with four pharmacologically different anti-diabetic agents that were used at separate times of therapy. Skin manifestations, including erythema, blisters, and ulcers, developed over the right leg each time after the initiation of metformin, gliclazide, vildagliptin, and empagliflozin; and disappeared following the discontinuation of the drugs. Magnesium stearate was the common excipient identified in the four agents.

The Spread of Plasmidic AmpC in a General Lebanese Hospital Over Nine Consecutive Years and the Relationship With Restricted Isolation Protocols.

The dreaded bacterial infection by extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)-producers has always troubled the medical field whether on the public, scientific, or clinical levels. One of the lesser known β-lactamases, which is capable of hydrolyzing broad and extended-spectrum cephalosporins-i.e.

A case of massive saddle pulmonary embolism and benign tracheal stenosis in a patient with COVID-19 infection.

Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, has become a global pandemic affecting millions of people around the globe. These patients are prone to a number of complications either related to their disease or to the different treatment modalities. Pulmonary embolism (PE) and benign post-intubation tracheal stenosis (BTS) are among these complications.