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F Ziad

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PubMed2005

Emergency obstetric hysterectomy in Kuwait: a clinico pathological analysis.

The major objective of this study is to analyze the histological findings in emergency obstetric hysterectomy specimens and correlate them with the clinical diagnosis, epidemiological factors and number of tissue blocks examined. The records of all peripartum hysterectomy specimens examined between 1995 and 2001 in the Department of Pathology, Al-Sabah Hospital Kuwait were analyzed. A minimum of ten blocks from the cervix or lower uterine segment was arbitrarily regarded as adequate. Fifty-eight patients had peripartum hysterectomies (incidence of 0.07% of all deliveries) out of which 65% were aged between 30 and 40 years. The number of hysterectomy increased with parity up to five and then declined. The number of blocks examined varied from 2 to 53. Satisfactory pathology was found in 40 and absent in 18 cases. There were 33 adherent placentas. Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) was found in seven patients. Adequate tissue blocks (>or=10) were significantly associated with positive pathological findings. P value <0.05.

Adult↗
PubMed2005

Malignant bone tumors in Kuwait: a 10-year clinicopathological study.

Between 1995 and 2004, 142 malignant bone tumours comprising 76 primary and 66 secondary tumours were identified in the Pathology Department of Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait. Pathological fracture was the presenting sign in 35% of the cases. The mean incidence of primary tumours/year was 3.3 cases/million inhabitants. The primary tumours showed a male predilection and 42% occurred below the age of 20 years. The most frequent in the descending order of frequency were Ewing's sarcoma, multiple myeloma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The femur was the most common site for secondary tumours; more than half of the tumours with metastases at this site originated in the breast. The high frequency of Ewing's sarcoma is noteworthy and requires further investigation.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

[The superior vena cava syndrome secondary to a benign intrathoracic goiter: a case report and review of the literature].

The clinical case of a female patient suffering a benign retrosternal goitre which first appeared as a superior vena cava syndrome, is presented. After confirming the diagnosis with an intrathoracic CT scan, a subtotal bilateral thyroidectomy was performed resulting in a complete remission of the clinical picture. A literature review is performed commenting on some clinical, diagnostic and therapeutical aspects.

Aged↗
PubMed1989

[Trichinosis: new epidemic outbreak caused by the ingestion of wild-boar sausage].

After the evaluation of 129 serum samples of persons who had ingested boar sausage infested by Trichinella spiralis, 48 individuals (40 adults and 8 children) with a mean age of 38.8 years were diagnosed of trichinosis. The incubation time was 17 days (range 2 to 44 days). The following clinical features were outstanding: facial and eyelid edema (50%), diffuse limb myalgia (43%), fever (37%), conjunctivitis (25%), headache (16%), and abdominal pain (16%). Remarkably, 33% of the diagnosed patients were asymptomatic. The diagnosis was made by an indirect immunofluorescence technique (IIF), which was considered as positive when the titer was higher than 1/20 after considering seroconversion at the beginning of the disease and after 4-6 weeks. Among laboratory abnormalities there was leukocytosis in 15 patients and eosinophilia in 37. The GOT, GPT and CPK enzymes were only slightly increased in a small proportion of patients (8, 10, and 31%, respectively). Forty patients were treated with thiabendazole, associated or not to corticosteroids, which was well tolerated. Eight patients were not treated. One year after the diagnosis a new laboratory control was undertaken in 43 patients (all asymptomatic). Eosinophilia was still present in 12, and the titers against Trichinella were high in all. However, the percentage of the titer was smaller than at the beginning of the outbreak.

Adrenal Cortex Hormones↗
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[Bacteremia in a community hospital. Review of 78 cases].

We analyze retrospectively all bacteremic episodes seen between January and December, 1987 in our institution. From a total number of blood cultures performed of 897, 145 were positive (16%), and 67 of them considered as contamination (7.5%). There were 78 episodes of bacteremia in 74 patients, 38 males and 36 females. Forty-eight episodes were community-acquired and 30 were nosocomial bacteremia episodes. Aerobic bacteria were isolated in 64 cases, anaerobic bacteria in 9 cases and polymicrobial bacteremia in 5 cases. The most commonly isolated microorganism was S. epidermidis in nosocomial cases and E. coli in community-acquired cases. Predisposing conditions registered were diabetes mellitus in 16 cases (20%), cirrhosis of the liver in 3 (4%), corticosteroid therapy in 7 (9%) and surgical procedures in 19 (24%). Shock was seen in 16 cases (20%), DIC in 8 cases (10%) and ARDS in 5 (6.5%). Appropriate antibiotic treatment was used in 60 episodes (77%). Seventeen patients (22%) died. Prognostic factors identified were: nosocomial bacteremia (p less than 0.05), corticosteroid prior therapy (p less than 0.05), underlying disease UF or RF (p less than 0.0001) and the presence of shock (p less than 0.0001). Mean hospital stay was 20.1 days in bacteremic patients vs. 7.6 days in non bacteremic patients (p less than 0.00001).

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