• Effectiveness of an Educational Workshop on Palliative Care Knowledge in Lebanese Nurses 

  Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Naifeh Khoury, May; Arevian, Mary; Al Khatib, Ghina; Fares, Suha (Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 2023)

  Background: Lebanon is one of the world’s smallest countries, with an area of 10,452 square kilometers. Life expectancy in Lebanon presently stands at about 76.6 years for men and 79.3 years for women. It is well known ...
• The efficacy of honey or olive oil on the severity of oral mucositis and pain compared to placebo (standard care) in children with leukemia receiving intensive chemotherapy: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) 

  Kurdahi Badr, Lina Kurdahi; El Asmar, Rebecca; Hakim, Sarah; Saad, Rima; Merhi, Roni; Zahreddine, Ammar; Muwakkit, Samar A. (W.B. Saunders, 2023)

  Background: Oral mucositis (OM) is a significant complication occurring in approximately 40 to 80% of patients receiving chemotherapy regimens. Although a wide variety of agents have been tested to prevent OM or reduce its ...
• Towards better out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A survey of nurses 

  Noureddine, Samar Nayef; Avedissian, Tamar; Khatib, Nina; Irani, Joanna (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2021)

  Objectives: To examine the knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses in Lebanon regarding out-of-hospital resuscitation, compare hospital nurses to those who work in community settings on the variables of interest, determine ...
• What do nurse managers say about nurses' sickness absenteeism? A new perspective 

  Baydoun, Mohamed; Dumit, Nuhad Yazbik; Daouk-Öyry, Lina (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016)

  Aim: To explore nurses' sickness absenteeism from the perspective of nurse managers. Background: Sickness absenteeism among health-care providers, especially nurses, remains a significant problem in an era of challenges ...
• Effect of salt intake on beat-to-beat blood pressure nonlinear dynamics and entropy in salt-sensitive versus salt-protected rats 

  Fares, Souha A.; Habib, Joseph R.; Engoren, Milo C.; Badr, Kamal F.; Habib, Robert H. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016)

  Blood pressure exhibits substantial short- and long-term variability (BPV). We assessed the hypothesis that the complexity of beat-to-beat BPV will be differentially altered in salt-sensitive hypertensive Dahl rats (SS) ...
• COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy Among Health Care Workers in Lebanon 

  Youssef, Nour J.; Tfaily, Nadim K.; Moumneh, Mohamad Bahij M.; Boutros, Celina F.; Elharake, Jad A.; Malik, Amyn A.; McFadden, Sarah Ann M.; Galal, Bayan; Yildirim, Inci B.; Khoshnood, Kaveh; Omer, Saad B.; Al Memish, Ziad Ahmed; Dbaibo, Ghassan S. (Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2023)

  Background: Lebanon endured its worst economic and financial crisis in 2020–2021. To minimize the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to improve the overall COVID-19 vaccination rate. Given that vaccine hesitancy ...
• Reduced 8-Gray Compared to Standard 12-Gray Total Body Irradiation for Allogeneic Transplantation in First Remission Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Study of the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the EBMT 

  Spyridonidis, Alexandros; Labopin, Myriam; Savani, Bipin N.; Giebel, Sebastian; Bug, Gesine; Schönland, Stefan Olaf; Kröger, Nicolaus M.; Stelljes, Matthias; Schroeder, Thomas; McDonald, Andrew B.; Blau, Igor Wolfgang; Bornhäuser, Martin; Rovira, Montserrat; Bethge, Wolfgang Andreas; Neubauer, Andreas; Ganser, Arnold; Bourhis, Jean Henri; Edinger, Matthias G.; Lioure, Bruno; Wulf, Gerald Georg; Schäfer-Eckart, Kerstin; Arat, Mutlu Ersöz; Perić, Zinaida; Schmid, Christof C.; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid; Ciceri, Fabio; Nagler, Arnon; Mohty, Mohamad (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023)

  In this registry-based study, we compared outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) transplanted in first complete remission (CR-1), ...
• Vitamin D supplementation for improving bone density in vitamin D–deficient children and adolescents: systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials 

  Wu, Feitong; El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada A.; Cai, Guoqi; Lamberg-Allardt, Christel J.E.; Viljakainen, Heli T.; Rahme, Maya; Grønborg, Ida M.; Andersen, Rikke; Khadilkar, Anuradha Vaman; Zulf, Mughal M.; Molgaard, C.; Larnkjaer, Anni; Zhu, Kun; Riley, Richard David; Winzenberg, T. Maree (Elsevier B.V., 2023)

  Background: Vitamin D supplements are widely used for improving bone health in children and adolescents, but their effects in vitamin D–deficient children are unclear. Objectives: This study aimed to examine whether the ...
• A Systematic Review Supporting the Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline on the Treatment of Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Adults 

  Seisa, Mohamed O.; Nayfeh, Tarek; Hasan, Bashar; Firwana, Mohammed; Saadi, Samer Mohir; Mushannen, Ahmed; Shah, Sahrish H.; Rajjoub, Noora S.; Farah, Magdoleen Hassan Eltayeb; Prokop, Larry James; Wang, Zhen; El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada A.; Drake, Matthew T.; Murad, Mohammad Hassan (Endocrine Society, 2023)

  Context: Hypercalcemia is a common complication of malignancy that is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Objective: To support development of the Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline for the treatment ...
• Non-T-depleted haploidentical transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide in patients with secondary versus de novo AML in first complete remission: a study from the ALWP/EBMT 

  Nagler, Arnon; Labopin, Myriam; Blaise, Didier; Raiola, Anna Maria; Corral, Lucía López; Bramanti, Stefania; Sica, Simona; Kwon, Mi; Koç, Yener; Pavlů, Jiří; Kulagin, Alexander Dmitrievich; Busca, Alessandro; Rodríguez, Arancha Bermúdez; Reményi, Péter; Schmid, Christof C.; Brissot, Éolia; Sanz, Jaime; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid; Giebel, Sebastian; Ciceri, Fabio; Mohty, Mohamad (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)

  We compared outcomes of adult patients with secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML) versus de novo AML after non-T-depleted haploidentical stem cell transplant (HaploSCT) with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy). ...
• New drugs before, during, and after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for patients with acute myeloid leukemia 

  Mohty, Razan; El Hamed, Rama; Brissot, Éolia; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid; Mohty, Mohamad (Ferrata Storti Foundation, 2023)

  The treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has evolved over the past few years with the advent of next-generation sequencing. Targeted therapies alone or in combination with low-dose or high-intensity chemotherapy have ...
• Addressing the Gap in Research Methodologies Education in Pediatric Oncology in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 

  Saab, Raya H.; Santana, Victor M.; Obeid, Anas; Devidas, Meenakshi; Belgaumi, Asim Fakhruddin; Bhakta, Nickhill Hitesh; Naidu, Paula E.; Saha, Vaskar; Sultan, Iyad Y.; Arora, Ramandeep Singh; Mukoka, Lilly; Jeha, Sima S. (NLM (Medline), 2023)

  PURPOSE: Formal training in clinical research methodologies is limited in limited-resource countries. Through collaboration among high- and middle-resource settings and in response to an identified need verbalized by ...
• Impact of measurable residual disease on outcomes of unrelated donor haematopoietic cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide in AML in first complete remission 

  Nagler, Arnon; Labopin, Myriam; Dholaria, Bhagirath R.; Blaise, Didier; Bondarenko, Sergey Nikolaevich; Vydra, Jan; Choi, Goda C.W.; Rovira, Montserrat; Reményi, Péter; Meijer, Ellen; Bulabois, Claude Éric; Diéz-Martín, José Luís; Yakoub-Agha, Ibrahim; Brissot, Éolia; Spyridonidis, Alexandros; Sanz, Jaime; Patel, Amit; Arat, Mutlu Ersöz; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid; Bug, Gesine; Savani, Bipin N.; Giebel, Sebastian; Ciceri, Fabio; Mohty, Mohamad (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)

  Pre-transplant measurable residual disease (MRD) predicts relapse and outcome of allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). The impact of MRD on the outcomes of post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy)-based ...
• Mitochondrial depletion syndrome type 3: the Lebanese variant 

  Majdalani, Marianne Nimah; Yazbeck, Nadine H.; El Harake, Lamis; Samaha, Jinane; Karam, Pascale E. (Frontiers Media SA, 2023)

  Introduction: Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome type 3 is an emerging disorder linked to variants in the deoxyguanosine kinase gene, which encodes for mitochondrial maintenance. This autosomal recessive disorder is ...
• Significance of Degree of HLA Disparity Using T-cell Replete Peripheral Blood Stem Cells from Haploidentical Donors with Posttransplantation Cyclophosphamide in AML in First Complete Hematologic Remission: A Study of the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the EBMT 

  Kharfan-Dabaja, M. A.; Labopin, Myriam; Ayala, Ernesto; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid; Blaise, Didier; Vydra, Jan; Bramanti, Stefania; Itälä-Remes, Maija A.; Schmid, Christof C.; Busca, Alessandro; Forcade, Édouard; Rabitsch, Werner; Zecca, Marco; Kröger, Nicolaus M.; Bulabois, Claude Éric; Grillo, Giovanni; Rambaldi, Alessandro; Fanin, Renato; Zallio, Francesco; Di Renzo, Nicola; Koç, Yener; Novis, Yana Augusta Sarkis; McDonald, Andrew B.; Herrera Arroyo, Concepcion; Sanz, Jaime; Nagler, Arnon; Ciceri, Fabio; Mohty, Mohamad (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023)

  Availability of haploidentical donors has broadened utilization of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are being used with increased frequency in haploidentical ...
• Whole-exome screening for primary congenital glaucoma in Lebanon 

  Makhoul, Nadine J.; Wehbi, Zahi; El Hadi, Dalia; Noureddine, Bahaa’ N.; Boustany, Rose Mary Naaman; Al-Haddad, Christiane Elias (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2023)

  Purpose: Mutations were previously identified in the CYP1B1 gene in six out of 18 Lebanese families (33%) with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG). The purpose of this study is to determine the frequency and type of pathogenic ...
• Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance: Multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment 

  Karam, Sabine; Haidous, Mohammad; Abou Dalle, Iman; Dendooven, Amélie D.Sign©lie; Moukalled, Nour M.; van Craenenbroeck, Amaryllis H.; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid; Sprangers, Ben (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2023)

  Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) is a hemato-nephrological term referring to a heterogeneous group of kidney disorders characterized by direct or indirect kidney injury caused by a monoclonal immunoglobulin ...
• Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and “Near MIS-C”: A continuum? 

  Khafaja, Sarah A.; Youssef, Nour J.; El Zein, Zeinab; Boutros, Celina F.; Bou Karroum, Samer; Abdel-Halim, Nour; Salameh, Rim M.; Hodroj, Daniella; El Meski, Nour; Nasrallah, Oussama Ghassan; Bidikian, Aram H.; Bou Saba, Ghassan; Arabi, Mariam Toufic; Hanna-Wakim, Rima H.; Dbaibo, Ghassan S. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2023)

  Introduction: Reports of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, have been increasing worldwide, with an incidence varying ...
• The Genetic Architecture of Vitamin D Deficiency among an Elderly Lebanese Middle Eastern Population: An Exome-Wide Association Study 

  Hendi, Nagham Nafiz; Chakhtoura, Marlene Toufic; Al-Sarraj, Yasser A.; Basha, Dania Saleh; Albagha, Omar M.E.; El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada A.; Nemer, Georges M. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)

  The Middle East region experiences a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, yet most genetic studies on vitamin D have focused on European populations. Furthermore, there is a lack of research on the genomic risk factors ...
• Late relapse after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute leukemia: a retrospective study by SFGM-TC 

  Kaphan, Eleonore; Bettega, François; Forcade, Édouard; Labussière-Wallet, Hélène; Fégueux, Nathalie; Robin, Marie; Peffault de Latour, Regis; Huynh, Anne; Lapierre, Léopoldine; Berceanu, Ana; Marçais, Ambroise; Debureaux, Pierre Edouard; Vanlangendonck, Nicolas; Bulabois, Claude Éric; Magro, Léonardo; Daniel, Adrien; Galtier, Jean; Lioure, Bruno; Chevallier, Patrice; Antier, Chloe; Loschi, Michaël; Guillerm, Gaëlle; Méar, Jean Baptiste; Chantepie, Sylvain P.; Cornillon, Jérôme; Rey, Gaëlle; Poiré, Xavier; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid; Rubio, Marie Thér̀ese; Contentin, Nathalie; Orvain, Corentin; Duléry, Rémy; Bay, Jacquesolivier Olivier; Croizier, Carolyne; Beguin, Yves P.; Charbonnier, Aude; Skrzypczak, Caroline; Desmier, Déborah; Villate, Alban; Carré, Martin; Thiébaut-Bertrand, Anne (Elsevier B.V., 2023)

  Late relapse (LR) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) for acute leukemia is a rare event (nearly 4.5%) and raises the questions of prognosis and outcome after salvage therapy. We performed a ...

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