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2. Gender has no influence on mortality after burn injuries: A 20-year single center study with 839 patients
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Anna Waldmann, Ines Ana Ederer, O. Salameh, Nikolaus Sternat, Christine Radtke, Reinhard Pauzenberger, and Stefan Hacker
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Body Surface Area ,Burn Units ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Single Center ,Logistic regression ,law.invention ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Sex Factors ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,Internal medicine ,Odds Ratio ,medicine ,Clinical endpoint ,Humans ,Hospital Mortality ,Male gender ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Trauma Severity Indices ,business.industry ,Age Factors ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,General Medicine ,Odds ratio ,Middle Aged ,Smoke Inhalation Injury ,Intensive care unit ,Logistic Models ,Increased risk ,Austria ,Multivariate Analysis ,Emergency Medicine ,Population study ,Female ,Surgery ,Burns ,business - Abstract
According to the ABSI - Abbreviated Burn Severity Index - women exhibit an increased risk of succumbing to burn injuries. In contrast, following non-thermal trauma, increased mortality has been shown for the male gender. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate gender-specific differences among burn patients with special regard to burn mortality.We retrospectively studied 839 patients who were admitted to the Burn Intensive Care Unit (BICU) and underwent surgical treatment between June 1994 and December 2014. In-hospital mortality was the main clinical endpoint. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated using univariate and multivariate logistic regression models for the association between sex and mortality.In total, we included 530 male and 309 female burn patients. All patients had at least partial-thickness burns and underwent one or more operative procedures. Women were significantly older than men (mean 60.0 years vs 46.2 years; p0.001). Despite having smaller injuries (24.6% vs 30.3% total body surface area (TBSA); p0.001), burn mortality among women significantly differed from that of men (27.8% vs 21.7%; OR 1.39, p=0.045, 95% CI 1.01-1.92). This association, however, did not persist after adjusting for age, %TBSA, inhalation injury and full-thickness burns (OR 1.07, p=0.77, 95% CI 0.68-1.70).Despite increasing research directed at women's health, the assoziation between gender and burn mortality has yielded conflicting results. This study does not support a gender-specific difference in burn mortality in our study population.
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- 2019
3. Impact of Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Dose on Long-term Outcomes in Heart Transplant Patients
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Günther Laufer, Barbara Steinlechner, Phillipp Opfermann, Farsad Eskandary, Doris Hutschala, Andreas Zuckermann, Martina Grömmer, O. Salameh, Arezu Aliabadi, Johannes Gökler, and Daniela Dunkler
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Graft Rejection ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Kaplan-Meier Estimate ,030230 surgery ,Communicable Diseases ,Gastroenterology ,Group A ,Drug Administration Schedule ,Group B ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Neoplasms ,Internal medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,Antilymphocyte Serum ,Proportional Hazards Models ,Retrospective Studies ,Heart transplantation ,Transplantation ,Chi-Square Distribution ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Graft Survival ,Hazard ratio ,Retrospective cohort study ,Middle Aged ,Confidence interval ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Austria ,Multivariate Analysis ,Heart Transplantation ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,business ,Immunosuppressive Agents - Abstract
BACKGROUND Optimal dosing strategies have not been established for rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) after heart transplantation, and there is currently wide variability in rATG regimens with respect to both dose and duration. METHODS In a retrospective, single-center analysis, 523 patients undergoing heart transplantation during 1996 to 2009 were stratified by cumulative rATG dose: less than 4.5 mg/kg (group A), 4.5 to 7.5 mg/kg (group B) or greater than 7.5 mg/kg (group C). RESULTS Survival at 1 year after transplantation was 80% in group A, 90% in group B, and 88% in group C (P = 0.062). Incidence of acute rejection per 1000 patient-years was significantly higher in group A (hazards ratio [HR], 54.8; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 33.9-83.8) compared to groups B (19.6; 95% CI, 11.4-31.4) and C (23.6; 95% CI, 17.5-31.3). Incidence of severe infection 10 years after transplantation was higher in group C (45%) than groups A (37%) or B (23%) (P < 0.001); cytomegalovirus infection rates were 35%, 20% and 23%, respectively (P = 0.009). Multivariable Cox regression showed an HR of 0.51 (95% CI, 0.25-1.02) for acute rejection with group B versus group A, and 0.54 (95% CI, 0.33-0.88; P = 0.013) for severe infection. The rate of malignancy per 1000 patient-years was higher in groups B (13.85) and C (14.95) than group A (7.83). CONCLUSIONS These retrospective data suggest that a cumulative rATG dose of 4.5 to 7.5 mg/kg may offer a better risk-benefit ratio than lower or higher doses, with acceptable rates of infection and posttransplant malignancy. Prospective trials are needed.
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- 2016
4. Telomere Biology and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
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Thomas Aschacher, Florian K. Enzmann, Barbara Messner, Michael Bergmann, and O. Salameh
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0301 basic medicine ,Senescence ,Telomerase ,Aging ,Perforation (oil well) ,Review ,Bioinformatics ,telomerase ,Thoracic aortic aneurysm ,Catalysis ,lcsh:Chemistry ,Inorganic Chemistry ,03 medical and health sciences ,Aortic aneurysm ,Mice ,Risk Factors ,medicine.artery ,Ascending aorta ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Molecular Biology ,Spectroscopy ,Telomere Shortening ,Aortic dissection ,telomere maintenance mechanism ,Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic ,business.industry ,Organic Chemistry ,General Medicine ,DNA ,Telomere ,medicine.disease ,telomeres ,Computer Science Applications ,Rats ,030104 developmental biology ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,lcsh:QD1-999 ,cardiovascular system ,business ,aortic aneurysm ,Biomarkers - Abstract
Ascending aortic aneurysms are mostly asymptomatic and present a great risk of aortic dissection or perforation. Consequently, ascending aortic aneurysms are a source of lethality with increased age. Biological aging results in progressive attrition of telomeres, which are the repetitive DNA sequences at the end of chromosomes. These telomeres play an important role in protection of genomic DNA from end-to-end fusions. Telomere maintenance and telomere attrition-associated senescence of endothelial and smooth muscle cells have been indicated to be part of the pathogenesis of degenerative vascular diseases. This systematic review provides an overview of telomeres, telomere-associated proteins and telomerase to the formation and progression of aneurysms of the thoracic ascending aorta. A better understanding of telomere regulation in the vascular pathology might provide new therapeutic approaches. Measurements of telomere length and telomerase activity could be potential prognostic biomarkers for increased risk of death in elderly patients suffering from an aortic aneurysm.
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- 2017
5. The diabetic burn patient--Experience of the burn intensive care unit Vienna
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Nikolaus Sternat, B. Maier, O. Salameh, and Reinhard Pauzenberger
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Burn Units ,MEDLINE ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,Diabetes mellitus ,Patient experience ,medicine ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Humans ,business.industry ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,General Medicine ,Burn units ,medicine.disease ,Intensive care unit ,Intensive Care Units ,Emergency medicine ,Emergency Medicine ,Surgery ,business ,Burns - Published
- 2016
6. Induction therapy in heart transplantation: where are we now?
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Arezu Aliabadi, A. Cochrane, O. Salameh, Andreas Zuckermann, and Martina Grömmer
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Graft Rejection ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Basiliximab ,Lymphocyte ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Calcineurin Inhibitors ,Malignancy ,Induction therapy ,medicine ,Humans ,Transplantation, Homologous ,Dosing ,Intensive care medicine ,Antilymphocyte Serum ,Heart transplantation ,Transplantation ,Cumulative dose ,business.industry ,Patient Selection ,Receptors, Interleukin-2 ,medicine.disease ,Calcineurin ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Immunology ,Heart Transplantation ,business ,Immunosuppressive Agents ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Summary Although induction therapy has been used in heart transplantation for many years, its role has not been fully elucidated. Early safety concerns relating to OKT3 or intensive lymphocyte-depleting regimens have largely been addressed by modern induction protocols using rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG [Thymoglobuline® or ATG-Fresenius]) and interleukin-2 receptor antagonist (IL-2RA) agents, but although the number of randomized controlled studies has expanded there are still gaps in the evidence base. Rejection prophylaxis may be somewhat more effective with rATG than IL-2RA agents, but this has not been proven conclusively. Administration of induction therapy to support delayed introduction of calcineurin inhibitors in patients at risk of renal dysfunction is relatively well documented and widely used. Increasingly, it is recognized that sensitized patients and individuals with primary graft function are suitable candidates for induction therapy, and the possibility that rATG may inhibit cardiac allograft vasculopathy is also of considerable interest. Until the question of whether rATG is associated with increased risk of infection, routine prophylaxis is advisable. IL-2RA induction has an excellent safety profile. Dosing rATG according to lymphocyte count reduces cumulative dose without compromising efficacy. Further controlled trials are required to determine when and how to deploy induction most effectively following heart transplantation.
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- 2013
7. Cardiac Surgery after Heart Transplantation - Elective Operation or Last Exit Strategy?
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J. Goekler, Arezu Aliabadi, K. Uyanik-Ünal, O. Salameh, G. Laufer, Andreas Zuckermann, and Thomas Haberl
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Heart transplantation ,Transplantation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Exit strategy ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,medicine ,Surgery ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Cardiac surgery - Published
- 2016
8. Calcineurin Inhibitor (CNI) Delay with ATG Induction: Teaching an Old Dog, New Tricks
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T. Haberl, B. Steinlechner, O. Salameh, Andreas Zuckermann, A. Aliabadi, A. Kaider, G. Laufer, J. Goekler, K. Uyanik-Ünal, and P. Opfermann
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Calcineurin ,03 medical and health sciences ,Transplantation ,0302 clinical medicine ,business.industry ,Medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Surgery ,030230 surgery ,Pharmacology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Published
- 2016
9. Assessment of Cotinine Shows a Dose-Dependent Effect of Smoke Exposure on the Long Term Survival after Heart Transplantation
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Günther Laufer, K.L. Freystaetter, R. Moayedifar, O. Salameh, K. Uyanik-Uenal, Andreas Zuckermann, J. Goekler, Arezu Aliabadi, P. Kinsperger, and Thomas Haberl
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Heart transplantation ,Transplantation ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Dose dependence ,Physiology ,Smoke exposure ,Toxicology ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Long term survival ,medicine ,Surgery ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Cotinine - Published
- 2016
10. Pus Bonum Et Laudabile? – Wound Healing Complications after Heart Transplantation in the 21st Century
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O. Salameh, M. Groemmer, Dominik Wiedemann, Andreas Zuckermann, M. Kohl, Günther Laufer, and Arezu Aliabadi
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Heart transplantation ,Transplantation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Soft tissue ,Surgery ,Cohort ,medicine ,Significant risk ,Risk factor ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Complication ,business ,Wound healing - Abstract
Purpose Today, transplant recipients are older, sicker and have more co-morbidities than in earlier eras. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate incidence, risk factors and outcome after sternal-wound complications in a current heart transplant cohort. Methods and Materials A retrospective analysis was performed in 534 heart patients, transplanted between 1998-2011. Complications were defined according to tissue involvement and presence of infection. Therapy was defined as conservative or surgical. Risk factor analysis was performed to evaluate previously published variables. Survival was compared between patients with vs. without wound complications by Kaplan Meier analysis. Results 26 (4.9%) patients developed sternal wound complications. 15.4% of cases were non-infectious complications, whereas 61.5% were bacterial and 23.1% were fungal infections. Tissues involved were skin/subcutaneous (61.5%), deep soft tissue (15.4%) or sternum/retrosternal space (23.1%). Median time to bacterial and non-infectious complication infection was shorter than in fungal infections (24 vs. 110 days). Conservative therapy was used in 3 cases (11.5%) whereas surgical therapy was used in 23 (88.5%). In 17 patients (77%) vacuum assisted closure therapy was used and in 6 patients (23%) surgical debridement was performed. We identified 6 significant risk factors (p Conclusions Sternal wound complications have not increased over time. Pre-transplant and peri-operative risk factors are associated with increased incidence. Wound infections are associated with decreased survival.
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- 2013
11. 651 Impact of Different ATG Dosing Protocols on Long-Term Outcome after Cardiac Transplantation
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Daniela Dunkler, Dominik Wiedemann, M. Groemmer, Farsad Eskandary, Daniel Zimpfer, Stephane Mahr, Arezu Aliabadi, G. Laufer, Thomas Haberl, Andreas Zuckermann, and O. Salameh
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Transplantation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Surgery ,Dosing ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Intensive care medicine ,Outcome (game theory) ,Term (time) - Published
- 2012
12. 372 The Eurotransplant (ET) Donor Heart Score: Can It Stand the Test of Real Life?
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Dominik Wiedemann, Farsad Eskandary, Günther Laufer, O. Salameh, Andreas Zuckermann, Daniel Zimpfer, M. Groemmer, Arezu Aliabadi, Thomas Haberl, Stephane Mahr, and J. Smiths
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Transplantation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Donor heart ,business.industry ,Physical therapy ,Medicine ,Surgery ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Test (assessment) - Published
- 2012
13. A rare case of non-lupus full house nephropathy in a transplanted kidney, case report.
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Matarneh AS, Salameh O, Sardar S, Karasinski A, Channapragada T, Abdulbasit M, Washburn E, and Ghahramani N
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Key Clinical Message: Non-lupus full house nephropathy is a rare entity that is still poorly understood. It can complicate post-transplant kidneys and result in a de novo process. Treatment is difficult but can be possibly achieved with optimization of immune suppression., Abstract: Non-lupus full house nephropathy is a rare entity with an unclear incidence. It describes the kidney biopsy findings of positive deposits for IgG, IgA, IgM, C3, and C1q on immunofluorescence in the absence of the classical diagnostic features of systemic lupus nephritis. This disease entity is becoming more recognized but further studies are still needed to evaluate the incidence, etiologies, and management of this condition. Transplant glomerulopathy is a major cause for renal graft loss. It can present with a wide variety of manifestations; it can cause AKI, CKD, or glomerular inflammations through an immune complex or autoimmune-mediated damage., Competing Interests: The authors associated with this case report have no actual or possible conflict of interest to declare., (© 2024 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2024
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14. Qatar Diabetes Mobile Application Trial (QDMAT): an open-label randomised controlled trial to examine the impact of using a mobile application to improve diabetes care in type 2 diabetes mellitus-a study protocol.
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Suleiman N, Alkasem M, Al Amer Z, Salameh O, Al-Thani N, Hamad MK, Baagar K, Abdalhakam I, Othman M, Dughmosh R, Al-Mohanadi D, Al Sanousi A, Bashir M, Chagoury O, Taheri S, and Abou-Samra AB
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- Adult, Humans, Qatar, Quality of Life, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 diagnosis, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 drug therapy, Mobile Applications, Self-Management methods
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Background: Mobile health (mHealth) is increasingly advocated for diabetes management. It is unclear if mobile applications are effective in improving glycaemic control, clinical outcomes, quality of life and overall patient satisfaction in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). A new mobile application was specifically built for people with T2DM with the help of the local expertise. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the mobile app., Methods: The planned study is an ongoing open-label randomised controlled trial in which adults living with T2DM treated with insulin will be randomised 1:1 to the use of this diabetes application versus current standard care. The primary outcome will be the difference in mean HbA1c from baseline to 6 months. Other outcome measures include anthropometric measures, hypoglycaemic events, medication adjustments, number of clinical interactions and missed appointments and patient perceptions of their disease and diabetes self-management. The study will randomise 180 subjects for assessment of the primary outcome., Discussion: We hypothesise that the diabetes-specific mobile application will improve glycaemic control, increase patient empowerment for self-management of diabetes and improve interaction between patients and healthcare providers. If the Qatar Diabetes Mobile Application Trial (QDMAT) demonstrates this, it will inform clinical services for the future self-management of T2DM., Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03998267 . Registered on 26 June 2019., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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- 2022
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15. Optimal glycaemic and blood pressure but not lipid targets are related to a lower prevalence of diabetic microvascular complications.
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Bashir M, Elhadd T, Dabbous Z, Gul W, Salameh O, Siddiqui M, Al-Muhannadi H, Petropoulos I, Khan A, Ponirakis G, and Malik RA
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- Biomarkers blood, Blood Glucose analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 metabolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 pathology, Diabetic Angiopathies epidemiology, Diabetic Angiopathies pathology, Diabetic Neuropathies epidemiology, Diabetic Neuropathies pathology, Diabetic Retinopathy epidemiology, Diabetic Retinopathy pathology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Glycated Hemoglobin analysis, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prevalence, Prognosis, Qatar epidemiology, Triglycerides metabolism, Blood Pressure, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 drug therapy, Diabetic Angiopathies prevention & control, Diabetic Neuropathies prevention & control, Diabetic Retinopathy prevention & control, Glycemic Control standards, Lipids analysis
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Background: Diabetic microvascular complications are a major cause of morbidity and are related to glycaemic control and cardiovascular risk factors., Aims: We sought to determine the association of microvascular complications in relation to control of glycemia, blood pressure and lipids in T2DM patients attending secondary care in Qatar., Methods: This is a cross-sectional study undertaken in patients with T2DM attending Qatar's National Diabetes Centres. Patients underwent assessment of glycemia, blood pressure and lipids and prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), retinopathy and microalbuminuria., Results: We included 1114 subjects aged 52.1 ± 11.3 years with a duration of diabetes 10.0 ± 7.6 years and had a prevalence of 25.8% for DPN, 34.3% for painful DPN, 36.8% for microalbuminuria and 25.1% for retinopathy. Patients who achieved an HbA1c ≤ 7.0% compared to >7% had a significantly lower prevalence of DPN (P < 0.01), painful DPN (P < 0.01), retinopathy (P < 0.01) and microalbuminuria (P < 0.007). Patients who achieved a systolic BP ≤ 140 mmHg compared to >140 mmHg had a significantly lower prevalence of DPN (P < 0.001), painful DPN (P < 0.001), retinopathy (P < 0.001) and microalbuminuria (P < 0.001). Patients who achieved an LDL ≤2.6 mmol/l compared to >2.6 mmol/l had a significantly higher prevalence of DPN (P < 0.03), but no difference in other outcomes. There was no difference in microvascular complications between those who achieved a HDL-C ≥ 1.02 mmol/l, and among those who achieved triglycerides ≤1.7 mmol/l., Conclusions: Optimal control of glycemia and blood pressure, but not lipids is associated with a lower prevalence of diabetic microvascular complications., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors report no conflict of interest in relation to this manuscript., (Copyright © 2021 Diabetes India. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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16. Coping strategies as moderating factors to compassion fatigue among critical care nurses.
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Al Barmawi MA, Subih M, Salameh O, Sayyah Yousef Sayyah N, Shoqirat N, and Abdel-Azeez Eid Abu Jebbeh R
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- Adult, Critical Care, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult, Adaptation, Psychological physiology, Burnout, Professional psychology, Compassion Fatigue psychology, Nurses psychology, Quality of Life psychology, Social Support
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Purpose: This study measured levels of compassion fatigue, burnout and satisfaction among critical care and emergency nurses. It investigated coping strategies as moderating factors and as predictors to levels of compassion fatigue., Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, this study was conducted on 228 (84.4%) out of 270 from four Jordanian hospitals. Nurses worked in different types of critical care units and emergency departments. Nurses completed a demographic questionnaire on the professional quality of life and coping strategies indicator scales., Results: Nurses had low to average compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary stress syndrome. Problem-solving and avoidance ranged between very low and average levels. Nurses reported having very low to average levels on seeking social support scale. Female nurses had better compassion satisfaction compared with their male colleagues, and the type of unit had a significant impact on the secondary stress syndrome, problem-solving, and seeking social support. Nurses from the surgical cardiovascular ICU scored the highest mean scores on the secondary stress syndrome. Better coping strategies were associated with higher compassion satisfaction and lower levels of secondary stress syndrome. Problem-solving significantly predicted compassion satisfaction, avoidance significantly predicted secondary traumatic syndrome., Conclusions: Coping strategies are moderating factors that could improve compassion satisfaction among critical care nurses. Managers could use findings to create healthier and supportive work environments. We recommend focusing on activities that promote better coping strategies, including improving the social support system. We also recommend replicating this study using a qualitative approach to identify further causes of compassion fatigue., (© 2019 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2019
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17. Gender has no influence on mortality after burn injuries: A 20-year single center study with 839 patients.
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Ederer IA, Hacker S, Sternat N, Waldmann A, Salameh O, Radtke C, and Pauzenberger R
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- Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Austria epidemiology, Body Surface Area, Burn Units, Burns epidemiology, Burns pathology, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Odds Ratio, Retrospective Studies, Sex Factors, Smoke Inhalation Injury epidemiology, Trauma Severity Indices, Burns mortality, Hospital Mortality
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Background: According to the ABSI - Abbreviated Burn Severity Index - women exhibit an increased risk of succumbing to burn injuries. In contrast, following non-thermal trauma, increased mortality has been shown for the male gender. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate gender-specific differences among burn patients with special regard to burn mortality., Methods: We retrospectively studied 839 patients who were admitted to the Burn Intensive Care Unit (BICU) and underwent surgical treatment between June 1994 and December 2014. In-hospital mortality was the main clinical endpoint. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated using univariate and multivariate logistic regression models for the association between sex and mortality., Results: In total, we included 530 male and 309 female burn patients. All patients had at least partial-thickness burns and underwent one or more operative procedures. Women were significantly older than men (mean 60.0 years vs 46.2 years; p<0.001). Despite having smaller injuries (24.6% vs 30.3% total body surface area (TBSA); p<0.001), burn mortality among women significantly differed from that of men (27.8% vs 21.7%; OR 1.39, p=0.045, 95% CI 1.01-1.92). This association, however, did not persist after adjusting for age, %TBSA, inhalation injury and full-thickness burns (OR 1.07, p=0.77, 95% CI 0.68-1.70)., Conclusions: Despite increasing research directed at women's health, the assoziation between gender and burn mortality has yielded conflicting results. This study does not support a gender-specific difference in burn mortality in our study population., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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18. Twice-daily insulin glargine for patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Eledrisi M, Suleiman NN, Salameh O, Khair Hamad M, Rabadi O, Mohamed A, Al Adawi R, and Salam A
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- 2018
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19. Dimensions of Phenomenology in Exploring Patient's Suffering in Long-Life Illnesses: Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.
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Al Kalaldeh M, Shosha GA, Saiah N, and Salameh O
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Background: Patients' suffering has been increasingly investigated by health-care researchers especially in the chronically ill. Suffering is viewed as a progressive negative consequence that associated with pain, impaired self-esteem, and social alienation. This qualitative evidence synthesis aimed to provide further insights into the application of phenomenology in explaining suffering among patients with chronic illnesses., Methods: Studies included in this qualitative evidence synthesis study were retrieved by searching from the following electronic databases: CINAHL, PubMed Central, and EBSCO., Findings: Phenomenology is regarded as influential to generate in-depth evidence about suffering that are grounded in chronically ill patients' perspectives. The philosophical constructs of suffering suggested fundamental dimensions such as stress, distress, hopelessness, and depression along with pain. Evidence encompasses the entire manifestation of suffering in which all interrelated meanings are understood and referred to a unique structure. Hermeneutic phenomenology was adopted as an effective strategy to elucidate human experience leading to the discovery of the embedded meanings of life experience., Conclusion: The phenomenological approach provides nursing research with the pathway to explore patients' suffering experiences in the chronically ill., Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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- 2018
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20. Telomere Biology and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.
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Aschacher T, Salameh O, Enzmann F, Messner B, and Bergmann M
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- Animals, Biomarkers metabolism, DNA metabolism, Humans, Mice, Rats, Risk Factors, Telomerase metabolism, Telomere genetics, Aging metabolism, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic genetics, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic pathology, Telomere metabolism, Telomere Shortening
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Ascending aortic aneurysms are mostly asymptomatic and present a great risk of aortic dissection or perforation. Consequently, ascending aortic aneurysms are a source of lethality with increased age. Biological aging results in progressive attrition of telomeres, which are the repetitive DNA sequences at the end of chromosomes. These telomeres play an important role in protection of genomic DNA from end-to-end fusions. Telomere maintenance and telomere attrition-associated senescence of endothelial and smooth muscle cells have been indicated to be part of the pathogenesis of degenerative vascular diseases. This systematic review provides an overview of telomeres, telomere-associated proteins and telomerase to the formation and progression of aneurysms of the thoracic ascending aorta. A better understanding of telomere regulation in the vascular pathology might provide new therapeutic approaches. Measurements of telomere length and telomerase activity could be potential prognostic biomarkers for increased risk of death in elderly patients suffering from an aortic aneurysm., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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- 2017
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21. The diabetic burn patient--Experience of the burn intensive care unit Vienna.
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Pauzenberger R, Sternat N, Maier B, and Salameh O
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- Burn Units, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Burns, Intensive Care Units
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- 2017
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22. Impact of Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Dose on Long-term Outcomes in Heart Transplant Patients.
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Aliabadi AZ, Grömmer M, Dunkler D, Eskandary F, Salameh O, Gökler J, Hutschala D, Steinlechner B, Opfermann P, Laufer G, and Zuckermann AO
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- Antilymphocyte Serum adverse effects, Austria, Chi-Square Distribution, Communicable Diseases etiology, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Graft Rejection immunology, Graft Rejection prevention & control, Graft Survival drug effects, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents adverse effects, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Neoplasms etiology, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Antilymphocyte Serum administration & dosage, Heart Transplantation adverse effects, Heart Transplantation mortality, Immunosuppressive Agents administration & dosage
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Background: Optimal dosing strategies have not been established for rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) after heart transplantation, and there is currently wide variability in rATG regimens with respect to both dose and duration., Methods: In a retrospective, single-center analysis, 523 patients undergoing heart transplantation during 1996 to 2009 were stratified by cumulative rATG dose: less than 4.5 mg/kg (group A), 4.5 to 7.5 mg/kg (group B) or greater than 7.5 mg/kg (group C)., Results: Survival at 1 year after transplantation was 80% in group A, 90% in group B, and 88% in group C (P = 0.062). Incidence of acute rejection per 1000 patient-years was significantly higher in group A (hazards ratio [HR], 54.8; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 33.9-83.8) compared to groups B (19.6; 95% CI, 11.4-31.4) and C (23.6; 95% CI, 17.5-31.3). Incidence of severe infection 10 years after transplantation was higher in group C (45%) than groups A (37%) or B (23%) (P < 0.001); cytomegalovirus infection rates were 35%, 20% and 23%, respectively (P = 0.009). Multivariable Cox regression showed an HR of 0.51 (95% CI, 0.25-1.02) for acute rejection with group B versus group A, and 0.54 (95% CI, 0.33-0.88; P = 0.013) for severe infection. The rate of malignancy per 1000 patient-years was higher in groups B (13.85) and C (14.95) than group A (7.83)., Conclusions: These retrospective data suggest that a cumulative rATG dose of 4.5 to 7.5 mg/kg may offer a better risk-benefit ratio than lower or higher doses, with acceptable rates of infection and posttransplant malignancy. Prospective trials are needed.
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- 2016
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23. Induction therapy in heart transplantation: where are we now?
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Aliabadi A, Grömmer M, Cochrane A, Salameh O, and Zuckermann A
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- Antilymphocyte Serum therapeutic use, Calcineurin Inhibitors, Graft Rejection prevention & control, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents adverse effects, Patient Selection, Receptors, Interleukin-2 antagonists & inhibitors, Transplantation, Homologous adverse effects, Heart Transplantation adverse effects, Immunosuppressive Agents therapeutic use
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Although induction therapy has been used in heart transplantation for many years, its role has not been fully elucidated. Early safety concerns relating to OKT3 or intensive lymphocyte-depleting regimens have largely been addressed by modern induction protocols using rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG [Thymoglobuline(®) or ATG-Fresenius]) and interleukin-2 receptor antagonist (IL-2RA) agents, but although the number of randomized controlled studies has expanded there are still gaps in the evidence base. Rejection prophylaxis may be somewhat more effective with rATG than IL-2RA agents, but this has not been proven conclusively. Administration of induction therapy to support delayed introduction of calcineurin inhibitors in patients at risk of renal dysfunction is relatively well documented and widely used. Increasingly, it is recognized that sensitized patients and individuals with primary graft function are suitable candidates for induction therapy, and the possibility that rATG may inhibit cardiac allograft vasculopathy is also of considerable interest. Until the question of whether rATG is associated with increased risk of infection, routine prophylaxis is advisable. IL-2RA induction has an excellent safety profile. Dosing rATG according to lymphocyte count reduces cumulative dose without compromising efficacy. Further controlled trials are required to determine when and how to deploy induction most effectively following heart transplantation., (© 2013 Steunstichting ESOT. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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24. Predictive value of neuromarkers supported by a set of clinical criteria in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: S100B protein and neuron-specific enolase on trial: clinical article.
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Wolf H, Frantal S, Pajenda GS, Salameh O, Widhalm H, Hajdu S, and Sarahrudi K
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Algorithms, Biomarkers blood, Brain Injuries blood, Cohort Studies, Female, Glasgow Coma Scale, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Brain Injuries diagnosis, Brain Injuries diagnostic imaging, Nerve Growth Factors blood, Phosphopyruvate Hydratase blood, S100 Proteins blood
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Object: The role of the neuromarkers S100B protein and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in minor head injury is well established. Moreover, there are sensitive decision rules available in the literature to identify clinically important brain lesions. However, it is not clear if using the biomarkers has an influence on the predictability of the decision rule. The purpose of this study was to determine if a set of preclinical and clinical parameters combined with 2 neuromarker levels could serve as reliable guidance for accurate diagnosis., Methods: Prospective evaluation of a cohort of head trauma patients with Glasgow Coma Scale scores of 13-15 was performed at an academic, Level I trauma center. Blood samples and cranial CT studies were obtained for all patients within 3 hours after injury. The hypothesis of the study was whether the combination of an increase of S100B and NSE levels in serum and other defined risk factors are associated with a pathological finding on CT. A forward stepwise logistic regression model was used., Results: The study included 107 head trauma patients with a mean age of 59 ± 23 years. Twenty-five patients (23.4%) had traumatic lesions on CT. Eight patients underwent craniotomy. The analysis provided a model with good overall accuracy for discriminating cases with clinically important brain injury, including the 6 variables of S100B, NSE, nausea, amnesia, vomiting, and loss of consciousness. The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.88 (0.83-0.93). The receiver operating characteristic curve plots detecting clinically important brain injury for the single variables of S100B and NSE showed an AUC of 0.63 and 0.64, respectively. Conclusions The integration of the neuromarker panel as part of a diagnostic rule including the high-risk factors of nausea, vomiting, amnesia, and loss of consciousness is safe and reliable in determining a diagnosis, pending the availability of more brain-specific neuromarkers. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NO.: NCT00622778 (ClinicalTrials.gov).
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