• Quality of life, Knowledge and Access to Treatment in Times of Economic crisis in Lebanon 

  Ismail, Ghida; Issa, Malak; El-Hajj, Taghrid; Tfaily, Hassan; Dassouki, Mohamad; Assaf, Elie; Abboud, Halim; Salameh, Pascale; Al-Hajje, Amal; Boumediene, Farid; Yamout, Bassem; Zeineddine, Maya (2023-03-31)

  Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system that can lead to lifelong disabilities, and thus, significantly impacts patient's quality of life. There is lack of studies to ...
• Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report and a Literature Review 

  Ayoub, Wissam Al Rida; Lizzeik, Dina; Berro, Jana; Faddoul, Sami; El Dassouki, Mohamad; Shatila, Abdul Rahman; Chalah, Moussa A.; Ayache, Samar S. (2023-11-29)

  (1) Background: COVID-19 infection has affected almost 6 million people worldwide. Geniculate Ganglion Zoster resulting in Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (RHS) has been rarely described in this context. (2) Methods: Here, a case of ...
• Moving towards health promoting schools: Effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve knowledge, attitude and beliefs regarding heart attack, and CPR knowledge in high school students in Lebanon 

  Abdelkhalik, Mohamad; Boutros, Eliannore; Trad, Khalid; Arafat, Oulyana; Alyousfi, Mohamad Nihad; Bouclaous, Carmel (2024-05-30)

  Background: Health promoting schools (HPS) prioritize the health of students and community. One important target of HPS is noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including prevention of heart attacks, due to their burden on ...
• Levels and Correlates of Functional Cervical Cancer Literacy among Lebanese Women: A Cross-sectional Study 

  Bouclaous, Carmel; Albaini, Obey; Bou Malham, Melissa; Salem, Marie-Josée; Deeb, Mary; Al Ghadban, Faten (2024-05-01)

  Introduction: Cervical cancer can be prevented through vaccination against HPV and routine screening through HPV DNA testing or Pap smear. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess functional cervical cancer literacy ...
• A Qualitative Investigation of University Students’ Experience of the Beirut Port Explosion 

  Issa, Elio; El Choueiry, Francesca; Alhajj, Maryline; Shbaklo, Khodor; Bouclaous, Carmel (2023-10-05)

  The Beirut port explosion on the 4th of August 2020 added to the struggles of the Lebanese people who were facing a financial crisis, a global pandemic, and political unrest. We hypothesized that these compounded challenges ...
• Association Between Health and Levels of Health Literacy in 13- to 16-Year-Old Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Lebanon 

  Bouclaous, Carmel; Daher, Ralph; Osseily, Wissam; Rosario, Rafaela; Hamam, Hassan (2023-09-23)

  The study assessed health literacy (HL) in Lebanese adolescents and its associations with health during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of 228 adolescents (63.1% female), 15.5 ± 1.5 years, took the survey. Data was collected ...
• University students’ experience of the Beirut port explosion: associations with subjective well-being and subjective symptoms of mental strain 

  Bouclaous, Carmel; Fadlallah, Najat; El Helou, Mohamad Othman; Dadaczynski, Kevin (2022-11-02)

  Background On 4 August 2020, an explosion shook Beirut, killing more than 200 people and leaving thousands injured or homeless. Aims This study examined mental health of university students through a cross-sectional ...
• Digital health literacy and online information-seeking behavior of Lebanese university students in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and infodemic 

  Bouclaous, Carmel; Al Kamand, Areej; Daher, Ralph; Alrazim, Ayman; Kaedbey, Hassan Daniel (2023-04-11)

  This cross-sectional study evaluated digital health literacy (DHL) and web-based information-seeking behavior of Lebanese university students. A total of 602 students (60.1% female), 21.5 years (±4.1), participated in ...
• Levels and Correlates of Numeracy Skills in Lebanese Adults with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study 

  Bouclaous, Carmel; Azar, Luna Joe; Barmo, Nour; Daher, Ralph; Tabaja, Jana; El Hout, Ghida; Berika, Lina (2022-08-24)

  Diabetes numeracy skills are required in the interpretation of food labels, insulin pump dosage, the interpretation of blood glucose meter data, and the determination of carbohydrate intake. This study assessed the levels ...
• Health literacy levels and correlates among refugees in Mount Lebanon 

  Bouclaous, C.; Haddad, I.; Alrazim, A.; Kolanjian, H.; El Safadi, A. (2021-10)

  Objectives The study aimed to assess the levels and correlates of health literacy among refugees. Study design This is a cross-sectional study design. Methods Health literacy was assessed through face-to-face ...
• Digital health literacy and online information-seeking behaviour of Lebanese university students 

  Bouclaous, C.; Al Kamand, A.; Daher, R.; AlRazim, A.; Haddad, I.; Kaedbey, H. D. (2021-10-20)

  Background This cross-sectional study evaluates digital health literacy (DHL) and web-based information-seeking behaviour of Lebanese university students in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the ‘infodemic'. Methods 18 ...
• Hepatic portal venous gas in the setting of closed loop small bowel obstruction in a patient with adjustable gastric band: a case report 

  Nakhle, Mandy; Diab, Samer; El Kassir, Nadim Mahmoud; Semaan, Pamela; Chatila, Rajaa; Mahfoud, Daniel; Al-Hajj, Georges; Chemaly, Rodrigue (2024-05-20)

  Background: Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) has rarely been described in the presence of benign, non-life-threatening conditions such as gastric emphysema and gastric dilatation. In such cases, management and patient ...
• SARS-CoV-2-mediated liver injury: pathophysiology and mechanisms of disease 

  Choaib, Ali; Issa, Elio; El Choueiry, Francesca; Nasser Eldin, Jade; Shbaklo, Khodor; Alhajj, Maryline; Sawaya, Ramy Touma; Assi, Ghaith; Nader, Moni; Chatila, Rajaa; Faour, Wissam H. (2024-05-17)

  Background SARS-CoV-2-induced severe inflammatory response can be associated with severe medical consequences leading to multi-organ failure, including the liver. The main mechanism behind this assault is the aggressive ...
• The Pathway to Academic Performance: The Role of Motivation, Competence and Socio-familial Risk Factors in Lebanese Medical Students 

  Chatila, Rajaa; Srour, Jordan; Dimassi, Hani; Faour, Wissam; El Khoury, Jamil; Bahous, Sola; Choukair, Mary; Nasser, Ali; Abdul Nabi, Sarah; Sanchez-Ruiz, Maria-Jose (2024-05-17)

  While cognitive abilities are known to have a certain degree of predictive value for academic performance, it is now well-established that motivation and emotion-related variables, along with environmental variables such ...
• Epidemiology and Survival of Colorectal Cancer in Lebanon: A Sub-National Retrospective Analysis 

  Chatila, Rajaa; Mansour, Joseph; Mugharbil, Anas; Nsouli, Ghazi; O’Son, Lana; Sayad, Edouard; Deeb, Mary E. (2024-05-15)

  Background Scarce data exist about colorectal cancer (CRC) presentation and outcomes in Lebanon. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of Lebanese patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, particularly ...
• Unveiling the unseen toll: exploring the impact of the Lebanese economic crisis on the health-seeking behaviors in a sample of patients with diabetes and hypertension 

  Cherfane, Michelle; Boueri, Myriam; Issa, Elio; Abdallah, Racha; Hamam, Ali; Sbeity, Kassem; Saad, Anthony; Abi-Gerges, Aniella (2024-03-01)

  Background Against the backdrop of Lebanon’s escalating multifaceted crisis which resulted in medication shortages for chronic diseases and unaffordable healthcare services, the current study endeavors to shed light on a ...
• Refractory status epilepticus in children: intention to treat with continuous infusions of midazolam and pentobarbital* 

  Tasker, Robert; Goodkin, Howard P.; Sánchez-Fernández, Iván; Chapman, Kevin E.; Abend, Nicholas S.; Arya, Ravindra; Brenton, James N.; Carpenter, Jessica L. (2023-11-28)

  Objective: To describe pediatric patients with convulsive refractory status epilepticus in whom there is intention to use an IV anesthetic for seizure control. Design: Two-year prospective observational study evaluating ...
• Lebanon during the catastrophe 

  Fadlallah, Najat; Maamari, Julian; Hani, Abeer (2023-11-27)

  After several chaotic cycles of resuscitation attempts, the twenty-something-year-old woman was pronounced dead. This was less than half an hour after a massive blast shook the heart of Beirut, Lebanon on the eve of August ...
• Differential changes in cyclic adenosine 3′-5′ monophosphate (cAMP) effectors and major Ca2+ handling proteins during diabetic cardiomyopathy 

  Chaoul, Victoria; Hanna, Rita; Hachem, Pia; El Hayek, Magali Samia; Nour-Eldine, Wared; Abou-Khalil, Pamela; Abi-Ramia, Elias; Vandecasteele, Grégoire; Abi-Gerges, Aniella (2023-04-04)

  Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is associated with differential and time-specific regulation of β-adrenergic receptors and cardiac cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases with consequences for total cyclic adenosine 3′-5′ ...
• Nicotine induces resilience to chronic social defeat stress in a mouse model of water pipe tobacco exposure by activating BDNF signaling 

  Khalifeh, Mohamad; Hobeika, Rouba; El Hayek, Lauretta; Saad, Joelle; Eid, Fadi; El-Khoury, Reine; Ghayad, Litsa-Maria; Jabre, Vanessa; Nasrallah, Patrick; Barmo, Nour; Stephan, Joseph S.; Khnayzer, Rony; Christian, Khalil; Sleiman, Sama F. (2023-01-12)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate how nicotine in the context of water pipe tobacco smoking (WTS) affects depression and anxiety-like behaviors associated with chronic social defeat stress (CSDS). Male C57BL/6 ...

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