Introduction: To determine common clinical symptoms, admission length, and treatment outcomes of infants with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Method: analysis of 132 infants with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura admitted to the emergency and hematology ward of Dr. Sheikh Hospital, with reference to age, gender, immunization history (preceding six weeks), presenting clinical features, treatment...

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a common comorbidity in COVID-19 patients, which could favor disease progression. Our study aimed to evaluate the impact of some glycemic biomarkers on characteristic features COVID-19. Electronic medical records patients consecutively admitted ward were analyzed. Demographic and anthropometric as well clinical laboratory parameters obtained. T2DM was present 47% with ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To define risk factors, identifiable on initial presentation, that predict subsequent physiologic derangements that are consistent with critical illness in patients presenting to hospital with GI hemorrhage (GIH). DESIGN Observational, cohort study. SETTING Fourteen-bed medical ICU in a 300-bed community teaching hospital. PATIENTS One hundred ninety-three patients were s...

Abstract Background Among the different CardioVascular (CV) manifestation of COronaVIrus-related Disease (COVID) particular attention has been paid to arrhythmia and particularly Atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim our study was assess incidence AF episodes in patients hospitalized for COVID evaluate its predictors relationship with in-hospital all-cause mortality. Methods We enrolled 3435 cases ...

Abstract Background The estimated number of adult patients living with HIV infection in Ethiopia 2012 was approximately 800,000. Seizure occurs 2 to 3% and 6.1% 34.3% neurological complications infection, respectively. Studies on seizure are rare Ethiopia. purpose this study assess clinical presentation, cause treatment outcome presented seizure. Methods In retrospective study, aged ≥ 13 years ...

Abstract Background Due to limited capacity, health care systems worldwide have been put in challenging situations since the emergence of COVID-19. To prioritize patients who need hospital admission, a better understanding clinical predictors disease severity is required. In current study, we investigated mortality and illness COVID-19 from single center Cairo, Egypt. Methods This retrospective...

OBJECTIVE To identify the clinical variables that differentiate MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) from MSSA (Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus) infection. METHODS Cases having culture isolates of Staphylococcus species were recruited. Baseline and other laboratory parameters were compared between MSSA and MRSA sub-groups to identify the predictors for MRSA. RESULTS Out of 98 ...