11 results on '"Mam Ibraheem"'
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2. Toxin-Induced Cerebellar Disorders
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Katelyn Dolbec, Mam Ibraheem, and Michael R. Dobbs
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Weakness ,Cerebellum ,Ataxia ,Nystagmus ,03 medical and health sciences ,Dysarthria ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cerebellar Diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,Cerebellar disorder ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Intensive care medicine ,business.industry ,fungi ,Neurotoxicity ,food and beverages ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Accidental ,Neurotoxicity Syndromes ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The cerebellum plays an important role in motor and nonmotor systems, with damage resulting in clinical manifestations presenting as weakness, ataxia, dysarthria, and nystagmus. There are numerous environmental and industrial agents as well as medications that, through either accidental or intentional use, can result in a range of neurologic presentations. The variability in the presentation is important to recognize promptly so that early cessation in exposure, use, or abuse can be initiated to reduce the severity of symptoms. Recognition of an agent causing the particular pathology is important so that the route of exposure, and subsequent treatment options can be identified.
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- 2020
3. Neurotoxicology
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Michael R. Dobbs, Mam Ibraheem, and Dong Y. Han
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Cognitive science ,business.industry ,Neurology Residency ,Subspecialty ,Causality ,Evidence-based toxicology ,Clinical Practice ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Causal inference ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Neurology (clinical) ,Thematic structure ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Clinical neurotoxicology is an unrecognized neurologic subspecialty. Few neurology residency programs offer an organized education or training in the field. Nevertheless, neurotoxic exposures and subsequent injuries are common. This article provides a basic approach to clinical assessment and causal inference. It addresses the knowledge gap for clinical practice and provides a thematic structure to use interdisciplinary resources.
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- 2020
4. Review of Neurologic Comorbidities in Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Abuse
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Kevin R. Nelson, Hanwen Yuan, Katelyn Dolbec, Mam Ibraheem, and William Watson
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Opioid epidemic ,Hospitalized patients ,business.industry ,Public health ,Emergency medicine ,medicine ,Opioid abuse ,Review ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Disease burden - Abstract
Purpose of review:Determine the prevalence and burden of neurological comorbidities in hospitalized patients with opioid abuse.Recent findings:From one year of hospital discharges 2,182 opioid abuse patients were identified (prevalence 6.3%), with abuse greater among younger patients (pppp=0.028). Matching for age, sex, race, and urban-rural residence, 347 patients were reviewed and 179 (52%) had a neurological comorbidity. The comorbidities frequently overlapped and included: encephalopathy (130), neuromuscular disorders (42), seizures (23), spine disorders (23), strokes (20), central nervous system infections (3), and movement disorders (2). Abuse patients with neurologic comorbidities experienced substantially greater number of hospital and intensive care unit days and mortality, independent of overdose.Summary:Neurological comorbidities are a frequent and heretofore underappreciated contributor to the disease burden of hospitalized patients with opioid abuse. The importance of neurological comorbidities should be included in the public health discussions surrounding the opioid epidemic.
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- 2021
5. Neurotoxicology: Clinical Approach and Causal Inference
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Mam, Ibraheem, Dong Y, Han, and Michael R, Dobbs
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Causality ,Neurology ,Humans ,Neurotoxicity Syndromes - Abstract
Clinical neurotoxicology is an unrecognized neurologic subspecialty. Few neurology residency programs offer an organized education or training in the field. Nevertheless, neurotoxic exposures and subsequent injuries are common. This article provides a basic approach to clinical assessment and causal inference. It addresses the knowledge gap for clinical practice and provides a thematic structure to use interdisciplinary resources.
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- 2020
6. Polypill Trials for Stroke Prevention-Main Results, Critical Appraisal, and Implications for US Population
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Mam Ibraheem and Larry B. Goldstein
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Population ,MEDLINE ,law.invention ,Medication Adherence ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Medicine ,Humans ,Intensive care medicine ,education ,Adverse effect ,Polypill ,Stroke ,Antihypertensive Agents ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,Cardiovascular Agents ,medicine.disease ,Clinical trial ,Critical appraisal ,Drug Combinations ,030104 developmental biology ,Cardiovascular Diseases ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The polypill, referring to a variety of combinations of low-cost cardiovascular and stroke preventive medications combined in a single tablet, has been evaluated as a population-based approach for cardiovascular disease prevention in several trials. This review summarizes the scope of the problem, main trial results, and their potential applicability to the US population. Initial trials demonstrated the efficacy of the polypill approach. The most recent, the PolyIran study, showed the effectiveness of one form of a polypill for cardiovascular disease prevention, high medication adherence, and low adverse event rates. None of published polypill trials focused on stroke as the primary outcome and most were conducted in developing countries, limiting generalization to the US population. A US-based randomized trial with stroke as the primary outcome is needed to assess the usefulness of this approach for stroke prevention in the USA.
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- 2020
7. Next Steps for Clinical Neurotoxicology
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Mam Ibraheem and Michael R. Dobbs
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,MEDLINE ,Medicine ,Medical physics ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Introductory Journal Article - Published
- 2020
8. Applied Neurotoxicology
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Michael R. Dobbs and Mam Ibraheem
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Neurology (clinical) - Published
- 2020
9. Vision Loss following Intraocular Listeriosis Associated with Contaminated Cantaloupe
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Kelly A. Jackson, Mam Ibraheem, Chad Smelser, Paul Ettestad, Sushma Vance, and Benjamin Silk
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Endophthalmitis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,business.industry ,Outbreak ,Eye infection ,medicine.disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,Listeria monocytogenes ,Timely diagnosis ,eye diseases ,Surgery ,Ophthalmology ,lcsh:Ophthalmology ,lcsh:RE1-994 ,Published online: June, 2013 ,Eye infections ,Cucumis melo ,medicine ,Invasive Listeriosis ,Intensive care medicine ,business ,Disease outbreaks - Abstract
Intraocular listeriosis, a rare manifestation of invasive listeriosis, has a poor visual prognosis. We report an intraocular listeriosis case related to a multistate outbreak associated with contaminated cantaloupe. Increasing awareness of rare listeriosis presentations might facilitate timely diagnosis and treatment, and case reporting can clarify medical and epidemiologic aspects of listeriosis.
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- 2013
10. Misidentification of Yersinia pestis by Automated Systems, Resulting in Delayed Diagnoses of Human Plague Infections--Oregon and New Mexico, 2010-2011
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Mam Ibraheem, Mathieu Tourdjman, Paul S. Mead, Barbara Progulske, Meghan Brett, Teresa McGivern, Emilio DeBess, Paul Ettestad, and Jeannine M. Petersen
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Male ,Microbiology (medical) ,Bacteriological Techniques ,Plague ,Delayed Diagnosis ,Adolescent ,biology ,Yersinia pestis ,business.industry ,New Mexico ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,Plague (disease) ,Virology ,Microbiology ,Automation ,Oregon ,Infectious Diseases ,Humans ,Medicine ,Female ,Identification (biology) ,Diagnostic Errors ,business - Abstract
One human plague case was reported in Oregon in September 2010 and another in New Mexico in May 2011. Misidentification of Yersinia pestis by automated identification systems contributed to delayed diagnoses for both cases.
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- 2012
11. Multistate outbreak of listeriosis associated with cantaloupe
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Tracy Duvernoy, James R. Gorny, Kelly A. Jackson, Alicia Cronquist, M. V. Joshi, Maho Imanishi, Barbara E. Mahon, Mam Ibraheem, Susan S. Parachini, Shaun Cosgrove, Katherine O'Connor, Cheryl L. Tarr, Venessa Cantu, Kathryn M. Mogen, Norman W. Fogg, Paul Teitell, Robert V. Tauxe, Paul Ettestad, Joe P. Gossack, Karen P. Neil, Neena S. Jain, Benjamin J. Silk, Lavin A. Joseph, Jeffrey McCollum, and Charlotte Spires
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Adult ,Male ,Meat ,Adolescent ,Sus scrofa ,Disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,Disease Outbreaks ,Citrullus ,Foodborne Diseases ,Young Adult ,Age Distribution ,Listeria monocytogenes ,Cucumis melo ,Pregnancy ,Environmental health ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Listeriosis ,Young adult ,Pregnancy Complications, Infectious ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,biology ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Outbreak ,Infant ,General Medicine ,Odds ratio ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Immunology ,Listeria ,Invasive Listeriosis ,Female ,business - Abstract
BACKGROUND Although new pathogen-vehicle combinations are increasingly being identified in produce-related disease outbreaks, fresh produce is a rarely recognized vehicle for listeriosis. We investigated a nationwide listeriosis outbreak that occurred in the United States during 2011. METHODS We defined an outbreak-related case as a laboratory-confirmed infection with any of five outbreak-related subtypes of Listeria monocytogenes isolated during the period from August 1 through October 31, 2011. Multistate epidemiologic, trace-back, and environmental investigations were conducted, and outbreak-related cases were compared with sporadic cases reported previously to the Listeria Initiative, an enhanced surveillance system that routinely collects detailed information about U.S. cases of listeriosis. RESULTS We identified 147 outbreak-related cases in 28 states. The majority of patients (127 of 147, 86%) were 60 years of age or older. Seven infections among pregnant women and newborns and one related miscarriage were reported. Of 145 patients for whom information about hospitalization was available, 143 (99%) were hospitalized. Thirty-three of the 147 patients (22%) died. Patients with outbreak-related illness were significantly more likely to have eaten cantaloupe than were patients 60 years of age or older with sporadic illness (odds ratio, 8.5; 95% confidence interval, 1.3 to ∞). Cantaloupe and environmental samples collected during the investigation yielded isolates matching all five outbreak-related subtypes, confirming that whole cantaloupe produced by a single Colorado farm was the outbreak source. Unsanitary conditions identified in the processing facility operated by the farm probably resulted in contamination of cantaloupes with L. monocytogenes. CONCLUSIONS Raw produce, including cantaloupe, can serve as a vehicle for listeriosis. This outbreak highlights the importance of preventing produce contamination within farm and processing environments.
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- 2013
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