• The interaction of personal, contextual, and study characteristics and their effect on recruitment and participation of pregnant women in research: A qualitative study in Lebanon 

  Ayoub, Jennifer J.; Abiad, May; Forman, Michéle R.; Nasreddine, Lara M.; Hwalla, Nahla C.; Ghazeeri, Ghina S.; Nassar, Anwar H.; Yunis, Khalid A.; Itani, Saadeddine; Al-Thani, Al Anoud Mohammed; Alabdulmalik, Mariam; Hassan, Amira Mahmoud; Bawadi, Hiba Ahmad; Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; Naja, Farah A. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2018)

  Background: Declining participation rates are impeding health research. Little is known about factors influencing the decision to participate in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Therefore, this paper reports on the ...
• Preferences for the sequencing of first-line systemic treatments in metastatic hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer 

  Al Mahmasani, Layal; Amhaz, Ghid; Abou Zeidane, Reine; Chamseddine, Nathalie; Hatab, Taha; Sabbagh, Saad; Charafeddine, Maya A.; Assi, Hazem I. (Frontiers Media SA, 2023)

  Introduction: Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is a diverse disease. Therapeutic options include hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapies. The optimal treatment sequence for patients with hormone receptor-positive ...
• Effect of Vitamin D replacement on maternal and neonatal outcomes: A randomised controlled trial in pregnant women with hypovitaminosis D. A protocol 

  Chakhtoura, Marlene Toufic; Nassar, Anwar H.; Arabi, Asma; Cooper, Cyrus C.; Harvey, Nicholas C.W.; Mahfoud, Ziyad R.; Nabulsi, Mona M.; El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada A. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)

  Introduction: The Vitamin D recommended doses during pregnancy differ between societies. The WHO guidelines do not recommend routine prenatal supplementation, but they underscore the fact that women with the lowest levels ...
• Maternal health outcomes in the context of fragility: a retrospective study from Lebanon 

  Dimassi, Hani I.; Alameddine, Mohamad S.; Sabra, Nadine; El Arnaout, Nour; Harb, Ranime; Hamadeh, Randa Sami; El-Kak, Faysal H.; Shanaa, Abed; Mossi, Marta Orozco; Saleh, Shadi S.; Al-Arab, Natally (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)

  Background and aims: The Lebanese healthcare system faces multiple challenges including limited capacities, shortage of skilled professionals, and inadequate supplies, in addition to hosting a significant number of refugees. ...
• Reproductive health of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon: a descriptive analysis of the Sijilli electronic health records database 

  Al-Arab, Natally; Nabulsi, Dana; El Arnaout, Nour; Dimassi, Hani I.; Harb, Ranime; Lahoud, Julien; Nahouli, Lara; Abou Koura, Abdulghani; El Saddik, Ghaidaa; Saleh, Shadi S. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)

  Background: The Syrian conflict has been responsible for the highest exodus of refugees, with Lebanon hosting the greatest number of refugees per capita, which placed a significant strain on an already overburdened healthcare ...
• Associations of semen quality with non-essential heavy metals in blood and seminal fluid: data from the Environment and Male Infertility (EMI) study in Lebanon 

  Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Awwad, Johnny T.; Ghantous, Akram Y.; Zaatari, Ghazi S. (Springer New York LLC, 2018)

  Background: Human exposure to environmental pollutants is widespread. It was suggested that exposure to non-essential heavy metals may adversely affect semen development in men. Purpose: To evaluate associations between ...
• Maternal mortality is preventable in Lebanon: A case series of maternal deaths to identify lessons learned using the “Three Delays” model 

  Rebeiz, Marie Claire; El-Kak, Faysal H.; van den Akker, Thomas; Hamadeh, Randa Sami; McCall, Stephen J. (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2023)

  Objective: To identify the lessons learned from women who died during pregnancy or childbirth in Lebanon between 2018 and 2020. Method: This is a case series and synthesis of maternal deaths between 2018 and 2020 that were ...
• Retroperitoneal lipoma in pregnancy: Between surgical intervention and postpartum deferral 

  Hassan, Bashar A.; Fatteh, Maria; Abiad, May; Khalife, Mohamad Jawad; Chamsy, Dina (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2022)
• Prenatal detection and urgent surgical resection of a mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in a neonate 

  Bsat, Ayman; Ataya, Karim Wehby; Salloum, Dima; Kanafani, Dana; Hafez, Bassel; Akel, Samir R.; Nassar, Anwar H. (Elsevier Inc., 2022)

  Mesenchymal hamartomas of the chest wall are rare lesions usually detected incidentally in the neonatal and pediatric populations. Despite having a rather alarming appearance on imaging, these lesions are generally benign ...
• Postpartum xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: A case report 

  El-Asmar, Jose; Ghanem, Rayan; Ghandour, Rashed A.; al-Halabi, Eliane; Degheili, Jad A. (Elsevier B.V., 2019)

  Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is seldom seen nowadays due to the aggressive treatment of upper urinary tract infections as well as recent advances in the management of urolithiasis. It has been rarely reported ...
• The effect of bariatric surgery on inflammatory markers in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome 

  Abiad, Firass; Khalife, Dalia; Safadi, Bassem Y.; Alami, Ramzi S.; Awwad, Johnny T.; Khalifeh, Fatin; Ghazeeri, Ghina S. (Elsevier Ltd, 2018)

  Aim: The aims of this study is to address the improvement in CRP and adiponectin in obese PCOS and non PCOS after bariatric surgery, and to show that obese PCOS women have a slower rate of improvement when compared to obese ...
• Management of weight loss in obesity-associated male infertility: a spotlight on bariatric surgery 

  Abiad, Firass; Awwad, Johnny T.; Abbas, Hussein A.; Zebian, Dina; Ghazeeri, Ghina S. (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2017)

  In recent years, there has been a paralleled increase between male obesity and infertility rates. Obesity is associated with impaired hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, aberrant semen parameters, and subfertility or ...
• Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale in a sample of Lebanese women 

  Bizri, Maya; Ibrahim, Nour I.; Beyrouthy, Christine; Yamout, Dahlia; Tamim, Hani Mohammed; Abiad, Jude; Ghazeeri, Ghina S. (Public Library of Science, 2022)

  Purpose Resilience is defined as the ability to face adversities with positive outcomes. Various scales have been utilized, including 25-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), to evaluate resilience among ...
• The inverted syringe technique for management of inverted nipples in breastfeeding women: a pilot randomized controlled trial 

  Nabulsi, Mona M.; Ghanem, Rayan; Smaili, Hanan; Khalil, Ali M. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)

  Background: Women with inverted nipples may struggle with breastfeeding and may stop exclusive breastfeeding before six months. The use of an inverted syringe to evert the nipples was successful in achieving high rates of ...
• CFTR mutational screening by next-generation sequencing reveals novel variants and a high carrier rate in a Middle Eastern population 

  Farra, Chantal G.; Awwad, Johnny T.; Hamadeh, Lama N.; Khoueiry, Pierre H.; Halawi, Zeina; Yazbeck, Nadine H.; Daher, Rose T.; Souaid, Mirna; Hamdar, Layal H.; Yammine, Tony; Yunis, Khalid A. (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022)

  Cystic fibrosis is the most common life-limiting autosomal recessive disease in western countries with an incidence of 1:2500 in United States and 1:1000 in some European countries. Similar incidences were noted for the ...
• Timing of term elective cesarean section and adverse neonatal outcomes: A multi-center retrospective cohort study 

  Bizri, Ayah Al; Boghossian, Nansi S.; Nassar, Anwar H.; Nakad, Pascale E.; Jaber, Dina; Chahine, Rabih; Fallakha, Gaby; Makhoul, Ghaith; Yunis, Khalid A. (Public Library of Science, 2021)

  Background Rate of cesarean section (CS), including elective CS has globally increased. Studies have found that term elective CS before 39 weeks of gestation is associated with increased risk of adverse respiratory outcomes. ...
• Breastfeeding success with the use of the inverted syringe technique for management of inverted nipples in lactating women: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial 

  Nabulsi, Mona M.; Ghanem, Rayan; Abou-Jaoude, Marlie; Khalil, Ali M. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)

  Background: Breastfeeding provides ideal infant nutrition, conferring several health benefits to children and their mothers. Women with inverted nipples, however, face difficulties that force them to prematurely terminate ...
• Insight into the 8p23.1 duplication syndrome: Case report of a young women with infertility 

  El Karaaoui, Abdul Karim; Ghazeeri, Ghina S.; Assaf, Nada P. (Elsevier Ltd, 2023)

  Objective: To report the case of a young woman with repeated conception failure, whose karyotype showed an unbalanced complex chromosomal rearrangement involving a large duplication harboring >115 genes and overlapping the ...
• Paternal Exposure to Non-essential Heavy Metal Affects Embryo Cleavage and Implantation in Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) Cycles: Evidence for a Paradoxical Effect 

  Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Zaatari, Ghazi S.; Ghantous, Akram Y.; Assaf, Nour; Hammoud, Najwa; Farhat, Daad; Awwad, Johnny T. (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021)

  Although the adverse effects of non-essential heavy metals on semen quality have been demonstrated in experimental animal models and occupational human exposure studies, little is known about the reproductive efficiency ...
• The Spectrum of β-Thalassemia Mutations in the Population Migration in Lebanon: A 6-Year Retrospective Study 

  Farra, Chantal G.; Abdouni, Lina; Souaid, Mirna; Awwad, Johnny T.; Yazbeck, Nadine H.; Abboud, Miguel Raul (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2021)

  β-Thalassemia (β-thal) is highly prevalent among the Mediterranean populations. In Lebanon, the carrier rate of the disease is estimated to be around 2.0–3.0%. In this retrospective study, we determined the spectrum of ...

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