Introduction: Armed conflict may influence the size and scope of research in Arab countries. We aimed to assess the impact of the 2011 Syrian conflict on health articles about Syria published in indexed journals. Methods: ...
Objectives: To map travel policies implemented due to COVID-19 during 2020, and conduct a mixed-methods systematic review of health effects of such policies, and related contextual factors. Design: Policy mapping and ...
Objective: Drug counterfeiting has serious public health and safety implications. The objective of this study was to systematically review the evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to combat or prevent drug ...
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 ...
This narrative review summarizes data on classical and nonclassical manifestations of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). It is based on a rigorous literature search, inclusive of a Medline search for systematic reviews ...
Background: Disease severity and mortality rates due to COVID-19 infection are greater in the elderly and chronically ill patients, populations at high risk for vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D plays an important role in ...
Introduction Hypercalcaemia of malignancy (HCM) is the second most common cause of hypercalcaemia and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Several treatment options are available including pharmacological ...
Mansour, Rania; Naal, Hady; Kishawi, Tarek; El Achi, Nassim; Hneiny, Layal; Saleh, Shadi S.(BioMed Central Ltd, 2021)
Background: Fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) have a strong need to improve the capacity of local health workers to conduct health research in order to improve health policy and health outcomes. Health research ...
Naal, Hady; El Koussa, Maria; El Hamouch, Melissa; Hneiny, Layal; Saleh, Shadi S.(NLM (Medline), 2020)
Background: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are in dire need to improve their health outcomes. Although Global Health Capacity Building (GHCB) initiatives are recommended approaches, they risk being ineffective ...
Naal, Hady; El Koussa, Maria; El Hamouch, Melissa; Hneiny, Layal; Saleh, Shadi S.(BioMed Central, 2020)
Introduction: Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are facing increasing global health challenges with a reduced ability to manage them. Global Health Capacity Building ...
It is evident that climate change and unanticipated natural events pose new challenges for humanity and the environment. Already over half of the global population resides in cities, making the urban landscape a crucial ...
This study uses the checklist method, survey studies, and Highly Cited Researchers to identify 100 highly prestigious international academic awards. The study then examines the impact of using these awards on the Academic ...
This study examines gender disparities in the world’s 141 most prestigious international research awards. I find that (a) from 2001 to 2020 these awards were received 3,445 times by 2,011 men and 262 women; (b) women’s ...
Sami Amer, Yasser Sami Abdeldayem; Titi, Maher Abdelraheim; Godah, Mohammad W.; Wahabi, Hayfaa Abdulmajeed; Hneiny, Layal; Abouelkheir, Manal Mohamed; Hamad, Muddathir A.; ElGohary, Ghada M.; Hamouda, Mohamed Ben; Ouertatani, Hella; Velásquez-Salazar, Pamela; Acosta-Reyes, Jorge Luis; Alhabib, Samia M.; Esmaeil, Samia Ahmed; Fedorowicz, Z.; Zhang, Ailing; Chen, Zhe; Liptrott, Sarah Jayne; Frungillo, Niccolò; Jamal, Amr A.; Almustanyir, Sami; Dieyi, Newman Ugochukwu; Powell, John A.; Hon, Katrina J.; Alzeidan, Rasmieh Ayed; Azzo, Majduldeen; Zambrano-Rico, Sara; Ramírez-Jaramillo, Paulina; Florez, Ivan D.(Elsevier Inc., 2022)
Objective: We aimed to systematically identify and critically assess the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the management of critically ill patients with COVID-19 with the AGREE II instrument. Study design and setting: ...
Sami Amer, Yasser Sami Abdeldayem; Shaiba, Lana A.; Hadid, Adnan A.; Anabrees, Jasim; Almehery, Abdulrahman A.; AAssiri, Manal; Alnemri, Abdulrahman M.; Darwish, Amira R.Al; Baqawi, Badi; Aboshaiqah, Ahmad Eissa; Hneiny, Layal; Almaghrabi, Rana Hassan; El-Malky, Ahmed Mahmoud; Al-Dajani, Nawaf M.(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)
Background and objective: Neonatal sepsis (NS) continues to be a critical healthcare priority for the coming decades worldwide. The aim of this study was to critically appraise the quality of recent clinical practice ...
Publication, hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding decisions in computer science often depend on an accurate assessment of the quality of conferences. This study reviews relevant literature and tests Scopus's CiteScore ...
Chalhoub, Carla(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2017)
Purpose: This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the resource sharing initiative through signing reciprocal agreements, joining consortia and subscribing to OCLC at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Libraries. ...
Background: Mental health research output in the Arab region is increasing, yet little is known about its recent landscape. This study provides a bibliometric analysis of mental health research in all 22 Arab countries ...
Objective: Routine male infant circumcision (RMIC) is a common procedure that inadvertently causes significant but preventable pain. In this best evidence review, we examine the available pain management options and their ...
We systematically evaluated the impact of positive surgical margins (PSM) on oncological outcomes after partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. Forty-two studies comprising 101,153 subjects were included and five ...