A Quality improvement initiative to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit in a low-and-middle-income country

Autor: Khalid Yunis, Ayah Al Bizri, Rima Hanna Wakim, Alaa Obeid, Tania Daaboul, Lama Charafeddine, Nabil Mounla, Pascale Nakad

Publikováno v: BMJ Open Quality, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2023)

Background Premature and sick neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are in need of central lines placing them at high risk of contracting a central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). CLABSI extends length of stay to 10–14

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Characteristics of Self-Rated Oral Health among Syrian Refugee Parents in Ontario

Autor: Aseel Alzaghoul, Parmin Rahimpoor-Marnani, Khalid Yunis, Akm Alamgir, Baraa Alghalyini, Hala Tamim

Publikováno v: International Journal of Dentistry, Vol 2023 (2023)

Background. Canada has been hosting Syrian refugees since early 2015. Almost half of the Syrian refugee population lives in Ontario, with dental health being at the top of the list of important immediate needs. The objective of the study was to evalu

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A global point prevalence survey of antimicrobial use in neonatal intensive care units: The no-more-antibiotics and resistance (NO-MAS-R) study

Autor: Pavel Prusakov, PharmD, Debra A. Goff, PharmD, Phillip S. Wozniak, BA, Azraa Cassim, BPharm, Catherine E.A. Scipion, MD, Soledad Urzúa, MD, Andrea Ronchi, MD, Lingkong Zeng, MD, Oluwaseun Ladipo-Ajayi, MBChB, Noelia Aviles-Otero, MD, Chisom R. Udeigwe-Okeke, MBBS, Rimma Melamed, MD, Rita C. Silveira, MD, Cinzia Auriti, MD, Claudia Beltrán-Arroyave, MD, Elena Zamora-Flores, MD, Maria Sanchez-Codez, MD, Eric S. Donkor, PhD, Satu Kekomäki, MD, Nicoletta Mainini, MD, Rosalba Vivas Trochez, MD, Jamalyn Casey, PharmD, Juan M. Graus, MD, Mallory Muller, PharmD, Sara Singh, MBBS, Yvette Loeffen, MD, María Eulalia Tamayo Pérez, MD, Gloria Isabel Ferreyra, MD, Victoria Lima-Rogel, MD, Barbara Perrone, MD, Giannina Izquierdo, MD, María Cernada, MD, Sylvia Stoffella, PharmD, Sebastian Okwuchukwu Ekenze, MD, Concepción de Alba-Romero, MD, Chryssoula Tzialla, MD, Jennifer T. Pham, PharmD, Kenichiro Hosoi, MD, Magdalena Cecilia Calero Consuegra, MD, Pasqua Betta, MD, O. Alvaro Hoyos, MD, Emmanuel Roilides, MD, Gabriela Naranjo-Zuñiga, MD, Makoto Oshiro, MD, Victor Garay, MD, Vito Mondì, MD, Danila Mazzeo, MD, James A. Stahl, PharmD, Joseph B. Cantey, MD, Juan Gonzalo Mesa Monsalve, MD, Erik Normann, MD, Lindsay C. Landgrave, PharmD, Ali Mazouri, MD, Claudia Alarcón Avila, MD, Fiammetta Piersigilli, MD, Monica Trujillo, MD, Sonya Kolman, BPharm, Verónica Delgado, MD, Veronica Guzman, MD, Mohamed Abdellatif, FRCPCH, Luis Monterrosa, MD, Lucia Gabriella Tina, MD, Khalid Yunis, MD, Marco Antonio Belzu Rodriguez, MD, Nicole Le Saux, MD, Valentina Leonardi, MD, Alessandro Porta, MD, Giuseppe Latorre, MD, Hidehiko Nakanishi, MD, Michal Meir, MD, Paolo Manzoni, MD, Ximena Norero, MD, Angela Hoyos, MD, Diana Arias, MD, Rubén García Sánchez, MD, Alexandra K. Medoro, MD, Pablo J. Sánchez

Publikováno v: EClinicalMedicine, Vol 32, Iss , Pp 100727- (2021)

Background: Global assessment of antimicrobial agents prescribed to infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may inform antimicrobial stewardship efforts. Methods: We conducted a one-day global point prevalence study of all antimicrobials p

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Establishing a High-Quality Congenital Cardiac Surgery Program in a Developing Country: Lessons Learned

Autor: Issam El Rassi, Jana Assy, Mariam Arabi, Marianne Nimah Majdalani, Khalid Yunis, Rana Sharara, Marie Maroun-Aouad, Roland Khaddoum, Sahar Siddik-Sayyid, Carine Foz, Ziad Bulbul, Fadi Bitar

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 8 (2020)

Background: Developing countries are profoundly affected by the burden of congenital heart disease (CHD) because of limited resources, poverty, cost, and inefficient governance. The outcome of pediatric cardiac surgery in developing countries is subo

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/a8a59231fb9f470884505613b51309f9

Frequency and management of maternal infection in health facilities in 52 countries (GLOSS): a 1-week inception cohort study

Autor: Mercedes Bonet, Vanessa Brizuela, Edgardo Abalos, Cristina Cuesta, Adama Baguiya, Mónica Chamillard, Bukola Fawole, Marian Knight, Seni Kouanda, Pisake Lumbiganon, Ashraf Nabhan, Ruta J Nadisauskiene, Abdulfetah Abdulkadir, Richard MK Adanu, Mohammad Iqbal Aman, William E. Arriaga Romero, Bouchra Assarag, Kitty W.M. Bloemenkamp, Aigul Boobekova, Mihaela A. Budianu, Vicenç Cararach, Rigoberto Castro, Sylvia Cebekhulu, José Guilherme Cecatti, Lotte Berdiin Colmorn, Ala Curteanu, Serena Donati, Hla Mya Thway Einda, Yasser Salah El Deen, Faysal El Kak, Mohamed Elsheikh, Maria F Escobar-Vidarte, Marisa Mabel Espinoza, María Ester Estrada, Luis Aaron Gadama, Sourou B Goufodji, Saima Hamid, Rosalinda Hernandez Munoz, Nazarea Herrera Maldonado, Kapila Jayaratne, Saule Kabylova, Alexandra Kristufkova, Vijay Kumar, David Lissauer, Wilson Mereci, Meile Minkauskiene, Philippe Moreira, Stephen Munjanja, Nafissa B. Osman, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Aquilino M. Perez, Julia Pasquale, Lucian Puscasiu, Zahida Qureshi, Zenaida Recidoro, Carolina C. Ribeiro-do-Valle, Dhammica Rowel, Hamadoun Sangho, Amir Babu Shrestha, Thitiporn Siriwachirachai, Pierre Marie Tebeu, Khaing Nwe Tin, Dinh Anh Tuan, Rathavy Tung, Griet Vandenberghe, Buyanjargal Yadamsuren, Dilrabo Yunusova, Nelly Zavaleta Pimentel, Bashir Noormal, Virginia Díaz, Charlotte Leroy, Kristien Roelens, M. Christian Urlyss Agossou, Christiane Tshabu Aguemon, Patricia Soledad Apaza Peralta, Víctor Conde Altamirano, Vincent Batiene, Kadari Cisse, Kannitha Cheang, Phirun Lam, Elie Simo, Emah Irene Yakana, Javier Carvajal, Paula Fernández, Jens Langhoff-Roos, Paola Vélez, Alaa Sultan, Alula M. Teklu, Dawit Worku, Philip Govule, Charles Noora Lwanga, María Guadalupe Flores Aceituno, Carolina Bustillo, Bredy Lara, Vanita Suri, Sonia Trikha, Irene Cetin, Carlo Personeni, Guldana Baimussanova, Balgyn Sagyndykova, George Gwako, Alfred Osoti, Raisa Asylbasheva, Damira Seksenbaeva, Saad Eddine Itani, Sabina Abou Malham, Diana Ramašauskaitė, Owen Chikhwaza, Eddie Malunga, Haoua Dembele, Fanta Eliane Zerbo, Filiberto Dávila Serapio, Juan I. Islas Castañeda, Tatiana Cauaus, Victor Petrov, Seded Khishgee, Bat-Erdene Lkhagvasuren, Amina Essolbi, Rachid Moulki, Zara Jaze, Arlete Mariano, Thae Maung Maung, Tara Gurung, Sangeeta Shrestha, Marcus J. Rijken, Thomas Van Den Akker, María Esther Estrada, Néstor J. Pavón Gómez, Olubukola Adesina, Chris Aimakhu, Rizwana Chaudhri, M. Adnan Khan, María del Pilar Huatuco Hernández, Maria Lu Andal, Carolina Paula Martin, Léopold Diouf, Dembo Guirassy, Miroslav Borovsky, Ladislav Kovac, Laura Cornelissen, Priya Soma-Pillay, Marta López, María José Vidal Benedé, Hemali Jayakody, Wisal Nabag, Sara Omer, Victoria Tsoy, Urunbish Uzakova, Thumwadee Tangsiriwatthana, Catherine Dunlop, Jhon Roman, Gerardo Vitureira, Luong Ngoc Truong, Nghiem Thi Xuan Hanh, Mugove Madziyire, Thulani Magwali, Linda Bartlett, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Shevin T. Jacob, Sadia Shakoor, Khalid Yunis, Liana Campodónico, Hugo Gamerro, Daniel Giordano, Fernando Althabe, A. Metin Gülmezoglu, João Paulo Souza

Publikováno v: The Lancet Global Health, Vol 8, Iss 5, Pp e661-e671 (2020)

Summary: Background: Maternal infections are an important cause of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. We report the main findings of the WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study, which aimed to assess the frequency of maternal infections in he

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