• Longitudinal study on the effect of surgical weight loss on beat-to-beat blood pressure variability in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: A study protocol 

  Fares, Souha A.; Bakkar, Nour Mounira Z.; Alami, Ramzi S.; Lakkis, Issam A.; Badr, Kamal F. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)

  Introduction Alterations in linear and non-linear parameters of beat-to-beat blood pressure variability (BPV) have been shown to predict disease prognosis and distinguish between risk categories in various pathological ...
• Mental health research in the Arab region: challenges and call for action 

  Maalouf, Fadi T.; Alamiri, Bibi; Atweh, Samir F.; Becker, Anne E.; Cheour, Majda; Darwish, Hala; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Ghuloum, Suhaila Ali; Hamzé, Mouïn H.; Karam, Elie Georges; Khoury, Brigitte A.; Khoury, Samia J.; Mokdad, Ali H.I.; Meho, Lokman I.; Okasha, Tarek A.; Reed, Geoffrey M.; Sbaity, Eman; Zeinoun, Pia; Akl, Elie A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)

  Although mental disorders are a leading cause of disability in the Arab region, which includes 5·54% of the global population, Arab countries produce only 1·0% of the global output of peer-reviewed publications in mental ...
• Psychometric testing of a comprehensive patient satisfaction survey in Arabic 

  Kouatly, Iman Al; Hassan, Maha Mohamad Al; Dumit, Nuhad Yazbik; Soubra, Maher R.; Malak, Sandy; Kurdahi Badr, Lina Kurdahi (Springer Publishing Company, 2015)

  Background and Purpose: Although patient satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality of care received in hospitals, no reliable and valid Arabic comprehensive inpatient satisfaction survey has been published. The ...
• Outcomes following Craniosynostosis Surgery at a Tertiary Care Center in the Middle East 

  Najjar, Omar M.; Abouchebel, Naji; Zeeni, Carine A.; Najjar, Marwan W. (S. Karger AG, 2021)

  Background: Despite advancements in craniosynostosis surgery, open surgical approaches remain crucial for the management of infants >6 months of age and in those with complex synostosis. The clinical features of craniosynostosis ...
• Long-term burden of war injuries among civilians in LMICs: case of the July 2006 war in Lebanon 

  Kobeissi, Elsa; Menassa, Marilyne; Honein-AbouHaidar, Gladys N.; El Achi, Nassim; Abdul-Sater, Zahi; Farhat, Theresa I.; Al Mohtar, Dalia; Hajjar, Marwan S.; Abdul-Khalek, Rima A.; Chaya, Bachar F.; Elamine, Ahmad; Hettiaratchy, Shehan P.; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S. (Frontiers Media SA, 2023)

  Introduction: Lebanon, a country located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, is one of the world’s smaller sovereign states. In the past few decades, Lebanon endured a perpetual political turmoil and several ...
• Challenges of conducting research on emergency response and health services provided during conflict in LMICs–case of Lebanon 

  Kobeissi, Elsa; Abdul-Sater, Zahi; Farhat, Theresa I.; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S. (Routledge, 2022)
• AMR and Covid-19 on the frontline: A call to rethink war, WASH, and public health 

  Zeitoun, Mark; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S.; Shomar, Reem Abu; El Achi, Nassim (Ubiquity Press, 2021)

  This Viewpoint calls for a greater understanding of the role that water plays in the transmission of anti-microbial resistance and covid-19 in protracted urban armed conflict, in order to develop a ‘pathogen-safe’ practice. ...
• Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Damned if You do… Damned if You don’t! 

  Farhat, Theresa I.; Ibrahim, Sarah; Abdul-Sater, Zahi; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S. (Ubiquity Press, 2023)

  Palestine, since 1948, has endured frequent military occupations and uprisings, intifadas, in a limited geographic area that has resulted in one of the worst humanitarian crises. The prolonged nature of this military ...
• Mapping breast cancer journal publications in conflict settings in the MENA region: a scoping review 

  Abdul-Khalek, Rima A.; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S.; El Achi, Nassim; Kayyal, Walaa; Elamine, Ahmad; Noubani, Aya; Menassa, Marilyne; Ahmed, Fahad; Sullivan, Richard; Mukherji, Deborah M. (ecancer Global Foundation, 2020)

  Background: Breast cancer is a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality among women in the the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Conflict and political instability in the region may affect medical ...
• The virus, the settler, and the siege: Gaza in the age of corona 

  Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S. (Routledge, 2020)

  This essay explores the challenges and opportunities that the Covid-19 pandemic has afforded Israel as it broadens its settler-colonial objectives internally, in Gaza, and elsewhere. In particular, it sheds light on the ...
• The socioeconomic burden of antibiotic resistance in conflict-affected settings and refugee hosting countries: a systematic scoping review 

  Kobeissi, Elsa; Menassa, Marilyne; Moussally, Krystel; Repetto, Ernestina Carla; Soboh, Ismail; Hajjar, Marwan S.; Saleh, Shadi S.; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2021)

  Background: Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a major global threat. Armed and protracted conflicts act as multipliers of infection and ABR, thus leading to increased healthcare and societal costs. We aimed to understand and ...
• Predictors of surgical site infection following reconstructive flap surgery: A multi-institutional analysis of 37,177 patients 

  Hassan, Bashar A.; Abou Koura, Abdulghani; Makarem, Adham; Abi Mosleh, Kamal; Dimassi, Hani I.; Tamim, Hani Mohammed; Ibrahim, Amir E. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2023)

  Purpose: Rates of surgical site infection (SSI) following reconstructive flap surgeries (RFS) vary according to flap recipient site, potentially leading to flap failure. This is the largest study to determine predictors ...
• Fracture risk following bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Saad, Randa K.; Ghezzawi, Malak; Habli, Dalal; Alami, Ramzi S.; Chakhtoura, Marlene Toufic (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022)

  Bariatric surgery may negatively impact bone health. We aimed to compare fracture risk following bariatric surgery by type (malabsorptive, restrictive), or to non-surgical weight loss, or to controls with obesity. We ...
• Everyone Is Harmed When Clinicians Aren't Prepared 

  Arawi, Thalia A.; Abu-Sittah, Ghassan S.; Hassan, Bashar H. (American Medical Association, 2022)

  War and conflict are now common, lingering like an endemic disease in most countries of the Global South. Population displacement, infectious disease outbreaks, food and water shortages, damage to infrastructure, anxiety, ...
• Clinical prognostic factors and outcome in pediatric osteosarcoma: Effect of delay in local control and degree of necrosis in a multidisciplinary setting in Lebanon 

  Ali, Bilal Abou; Salman, Mayssaa; Ghanem, Khaled M.; Boulos, Fouad I.; Haidar, Rachid K.; Saghieh, Saïd S.; Akel, Samir R.; Muwakkit, Samar A.; El-Solh, Hassan; Saab, Raya H.; Tamim, Hani Mohammed; Abboud, Miguel Raul (American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2019)

  PURPOSE Outcomes in pediatric osteosarcoma have dramatically improved over the past few decades, with overall survival rates of 70% and 30% for patients with localized and metastatic disease, respectively. PATIENTS AND ...
• Wilms tumor: Successes and challenges in management outside of cooperative clinical trials 

  Rabeh, Wissam; Akel, Samir R.; Eid, Toufic A.; Muwakkit, Samar A.; Abboud, Miguel Raul; El-Solh, Hassan; Saab, Raya H. (King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, 2016)

  OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND: Management of Wilms tumor (WT) in children depends on a multidisciplinary approach to treatment, and outcomes have significantly improved as reported by cooperative group clinical trials. Here, we ...
• Prostate cancer in the Arab world: A view from the inside 

  Hilal, Lara; Shahait, Mohammed; Mukherji, Deborah M.; Charafeddine, Maya A.; Farhat, Zein Al Abideen; Temraz, Sally N.; Khauli, Raja Bahjat; Shamseddine, Ali I. (Elsevier Inc., 2015)

  The rates of prostate cancer vary by more than 50-fold across different international populations. The aim of this review was to explore the differences in epidemiology and risk factors between the Middle Eastern Arab ...
• Vitamin D supplementation for obese adults undergoing bariatric surgery 

  Chakhtoura, Marlene Toufic; Nakhoul, Nancy F.; Akl, Elie A.; Safadi, Bassem Y.; Mantzoros, Christos Socrates; El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada A. (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2015)

  This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To compare the effects of different doses of vitamin D supplementation (low dose ≤ 600 IU daily, moderate dose between 600 and 3500 ...
• Synchronization of contrast media administration with retrograde blood flow in patients with hypoplastic ascending aorta 

  Saade, Charbel; Jamal, O.; Kobrossi, Semaan; Araji, Abdallah; Haddad, Maurice Chehade; El-Rassi, Issam M. (Elsevier Masson SAS, 2016)

  Detailed cardiovascular assessment, including careful evaluation of the great vessel ori-gins, their relationship to the cardiac chambers, and associated anomalies, should be partof the routine cardiac/coronary CT angiography ...
• 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 ...

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