Background: Appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis can reduce the incidence of
surgical site infections (SSI) in many procedures. Although its role is still
controversial in a clean surgery such as cardiac, antibiotic ...
The emergence of resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae strains have led to
the development of several guidelines for the treatment of community-acquired
Pneumonia (CAP). Our purpose is to compare CAP empiric treatment ...
Glibenclamide is a second generation sulfonylurea oral hypoglycemic agent
that plays an important role in the therapy of type II diabetes mellitus (DM-II);
moreover. glibenclamide (Glibamid®) is being extensively used ...
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the safety and efficacy of a 1 a-day twice daily
rabeprazole-based triple therapy for Helicobacler pylori (H .pylon).
METHODS: H. pylori infected patients as confirmed by a rapid urease test
were ...
Background:
Bipolar disorder is a relatively common disorder and is characterized by
"unpredictable swings in mood from mania to depression".
Mania is a disease state which induces difficulties in work performance
and ...
Some abnormalities that occur in the fetus and the newborn are of genetic origin,
some result of an infection , some are due directly or indirectly to incidental
complications of pregnancy and in some cases the cause is ...
Purpose: The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) III guidelines have been
hailed as an improvement in their potential to identify individuals at risk for coronary
heart disease (CHD) complications. Compared ...
Availability of oral antibiotics with superior pharmacokinetic profiles and safety has enabled early conversion from parenteral to oral antibiotic therapy in attempt to reduce overall cost. In Lebanon, no hospital has set ...
(Aspicot®) is an enteric coated aspirin that is being extensively used among patients in the Middle East, including Lebanon where this drug is manufactured, without any clinical in-vivo implication showing or confirming ...
Background: Treatment regimens for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) usually combine an acid reducing agent (proton-pump inhibitor, H2-antagonist) with two or three antibiotics (macrolide, metronidazole, tetracycline, ...
In the second half of this century, emphasis on diet related diseases increased as the major cause of mortality shifted from infections to chronic diseases. Cardiovascular disease (CYD) has been the number one killer in ...
Barada, Sana Ali; Itani, Siham Moh'd Kheir(2011-05-05)
Osteoporosis is one of the commonest public health problems of modern medicine. It is the major underlying cause of bone fractures in postmenopausal women and elderly. Factors that influence the occurrence of osteoporosis ...