Egyptian liver library: An indexed database for liver disease evidence in Egypt.

Autor: Alboraie M; Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: alboraie@azhar.edu.eg., Youssef N; Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt; Medical Surgical Nursing, Nursing College, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Sherief AF; Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Afify S; Hepatology and Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute (NHTMRI), Cairo, Egypt., Wifi MN; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt., Omran D; Department of Endemic Medicine and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt., Hafez E; Viral Hepatitis Unit, New Cairo Hospital, Cairo, Egypt., Omar H; Department of Endemic Medicine and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt., Eltabbakh M; Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Abdellah M; Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt., El Badry M; Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt., Salaheldin M; Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Ahmed Y; Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Ali-Eldin Z; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Farid A; Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Abdeen N; Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., El Halwagy H; Hepatology and Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute (NHTMRI), Cairo, Egypt., Abdalgaber M; Gastroenterology & Hepatology Department, Police Authority Hospital, Cairo, Egypt., Moaz I; Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El Kom, Egypt., Ezzat S; Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El Kom, Egypt., El Kassas M; Endemic Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Arab journal of gastroenterology : the official publication of the Pan-Arab Association of Gastroenterology [Arab J Gastroenterol] 2019 Jun; Vol. 20 (2), pp. 109-113. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jun 04.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2019.05.004
Abstrakt: Liver diseases are among the most challenging health care problems worldwide. In Egypt, we established different care programs to combat liver diseases including schistosomiasis and viral hepatitides. A lot of research work addressing liver diseases in Egypt have been published with special focus on these two major fields. Other liver disease seems to be neglected although present and contributing to the liver disease burden in Egypt. In this report we reviewed the available evidence published from Egypt and elucidate areas of weakness and future research needs. Our search for Egyptian liver disease evidence retrieved 4683 articles, 67% of them were relevant to the topic. Out of the relevant articles; 1646/3265 (50.4%) were discussing clinical science, 1131 (34.7%) were discussing basic science and 488 (14.9%) were discussing both basic and clinical sciences. Cairo university (16.8%, n = 513) and Mansoura university (9.3%, n = 285) had the largest number of publications related to liver disease in Egypt respectively. The most commonly reported diseases were hepatitis C in 719/3361 articles (21.4%), parasitic liver infestations in 663 articles (19.7%), hepatocellular carcinoma in 544 articles (16.2%), liver fibrosis or cirrhosis in 537 articles (16%), and drug induced liver injury in 516 articles (15.4%). Most of the reviewed articles (36%) were discussing treatment of chronic liver diseases (n = 1201) followed by diagnostics (28%, n = 940), pathogenesis and pathophysiology (21%, n = 706). This review will direct attention to areas with less research like hepatitis B related liver disease, HIV/HCV co-infections, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to encourage future research in these topics. In conclusion; our results ring a bell inviting the development of a roadmap for liver research in Egypt targeting to put future policies to cover areas of weakness in liver research with an ultimate goal of tackling liver disease and its overwhelming socioeconomic burden in our developing country.
(Copyright © 2019 Pan-Arab Association of Gastroenterology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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