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  1. Renal diseases pose significant challenges to global health. With conditions like chronic kidney disease (CKD) on the rise, there is an urgent need for deeper insights into their underlying mechanisms and risk...

    Authors: Nicholas Aderinto, Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori, Ikponmwosa Jude Ogieuhi, Adetola Emmanuel Babalola, Komolafe Babajide Ayodeji, Muhammadul-Awwal Irodatullah Bisola, Ajekiigbe Victor Oluwatomiwa and Ibukunoluwa V. Ishola
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:73
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. The gut microbiota (GM) and their metabolites have garnered significant attention for their roles in metabolic syndrome (MetS) and associated conditions. MetS, characterized by a cluster of metabolic abnormali...

    Authors: Samuel Oluwadare Olalekan, Olalekan Olanrewaju Bakare, Ifabunmi Oduyemi Osonuga, Abayomi Samson Faponle, Bukunola Oluyemisi Adegbesan and Esther Nkechi Ezima
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:72
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  3. The hallmark of COPD is the progressive destruction of the lung parenchyma, which is frequently brought on by the body's inflammatory reaction to external stimuli (such as smoking cigarettes or pollution). Acc...

    Authors: Hussien Fayiad and Ahmed Mohamed Amer
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:71
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  4. Since the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic crisis, the supplement market has consistently grown. Therefore, we conducted this survey during the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to study the fre...

    Authors: Samar Amer, Mohammed Abdel-hameid, Shimaa Elsheikh, Taher Shailabi, Lina Douaouia, Sara Abuhaimed, Ehab Ishteiwy, Lina Abdullah, Mohamed Muhanad Balid, Sarya Swed, Youmna Amer, Nahla Zaitoun, Nermeen Zaitoun and Mona Ibrahim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:70
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  5. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) poses a substantial risk of cardiovascular diseases. The recent approval of evinacumab signifies a breakthrough in FH management. This review synthesizes evidence from divers...

    Authors: Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori, Abdulrahmon Akanmu Moradeyo, Kaleb Lema, Olanipekun Ridwan Ayo, Opabode Muntaqim Obasanjo, Mubarak Jolayemi Mustapha, Anthony Chidera Stanley and Nicholas Aderinto
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:69
    Content type: Review Published on:

  6. Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment modality for patients with end-stage kidney disease. We aimed to identify predictors for post-transplantation complications.

    Authors: Esam Mohamed Abdelaziz, Manal M. Darwish, Abeer G. Taie, Ashraf A. Al Shazly, Omar Herdan, Samir K. Abdelhamid, Eman M. Abdelrahman and Yaser Abdelmawgood
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:68
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  8. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition, including both fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB), has been frequently performed to acquire samples from both pancreatic and non-...

    Authors: Hussein Hassan Okasha, Mohammed Yousri Ahmed, Marwa A. Ahmed, Sameh Abou Elenin, Abeer Abdel-latif, Mahmoud Farouk, Mahmoud Gamal Ameen, Ahmed Hussein El-Habashi, Mahasen Akram Elshaer and Ahmed Elsayed Alzamzamy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:66
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  9. Hypokalemia is a common issue in clinical settings, often indicating underlying systemic conditions that require careful evaluation. This study presents three cases where hypokalemic paralysis served as the in...

    Authors: Rayees Yousuf Sheikh, Nucksheeba Aziz Bhat, Farhat Mustafa, Puja Tripathi, Nidhi Johri and Imtiyaz Wani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:65
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  11. The COVID-19 outbreak has increased awareness of vitamin D's (Vit-D) potential advantages for both prevention and treatment. Adequate vitamin D levels are necessary for health of the immune system, which can h...

    Authors: Marwa Ahmed Salah Ahmed, Mohamed Nabil Soliman Atta, Mona Abdel-Latif Aboul-Seoud, Mona Moustafa Tahoun and Sarah Abd El Rahim Rady Abd Allah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:63
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  12. Nanoplastics (NPs) have emerged as significant environmental pollutants, raising concerns due to their ubiquitous presence and potential adverse effects on human health. The migration and fate of NPs in the en...

    Authors: Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori, Ikponmwosa Jude Ogieuhi, Udojike I. Chidinma, Oluwatobi Omoworare, Doyin Olatunji, Ajekiigbe Victor Oluwatomiwa, Oyebiyi Babajide Oyewale, Omotade Omolade Dorcas, Varisha Zuhair, Bonu Innocent Shu, Anthony Chidera Stanley and Nicholas Aderinto
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:62
    Content type: Review Published on:

  13. The progression of liver fibrosis to cirrhosis is a dynamic process necessitating non-invasive evaluation modalities. This study aims to evaluate the ability of Doppler ultrasound studies (DUS) in defining mor...

    Authors: Heba Said Ellaban, Sameh Abdel Mawgoud Afify and Mohamed Saied Abdelgawad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:61
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  14. Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune bleeding disorder with a high incidence of chronicity among adults. Rituximab is recommended as a treatment option for chronic ITP with the best long-term effect ...

    Authors: Dina G. El-Saied, Amany M. Dwidar and Mona Mahrous Abdelaty
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:60
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  15. Cardiovascular (CVS) conditions remain the main etiology of death in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) even after control of classic risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

    Authors: Noher M. Abass, Ahmed. M. Yousef, Eman A. Sabet, Yasser M. Kamal and Mohamed H. El-Rashidy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:59
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  16. Graves’ disease is the commonest cause of hyperthyroidism in iodine replete areas. Following universal salt iodization, most Egyptians are considered iodine sufficient. The present study aims to report a surve...

    Authors: Tamer Mohamed Elsherbiny and Aliaa Aly El-Aghoury
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:58
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  17. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare, life-threatening neurologic emergency characterized by fever, rigidity, autonomic instability, mental status changes, and an elevated creatine kinase level. It often o...

    Authors: Sunakshi Sharma, Sanjay Bhat and Zahoor Ahmed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:57
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  18. Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a prevalent disorder that can be led on by almost all drug types. The majority of benign DILI cases become better after drug discontinuation. To stop the development of acut...

    Authors: Soumyadip Roy, Zalak Shah and G. S. Chakraborthy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:56
    Content type: Review Published on:

  20. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major health crisis, responsible for a very high morbidity in the world. This context represented an organizational challenge and required an adaptation of health services. T...

    Authors: Sara El Maakoul, Loubna Benamar, Naima Ouzeddoun and Tarik Bouattar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:54
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  21. Obesity and diabetes are interrelated growing problems worldwide. Life style modifications including nutritional intervention are considered the first line in management of diabetes.

    Authors: Shaimaa A. Fathy, Amr El Meligi, Sahar S. AlWakil, Mohamed B. Ahmed and Ghada R. Ahmed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:53
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  22. The importance of uric acid has been increasingly appreciated because of its association with the development of diabetes mellitus and related diseases, and with the increasing incidence of diabetes, studying ...

    Authors: S. A. Argoons, Esraa Tarek Mahmoud and Rasha A. Madkour
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:52
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  23. Intestinal ultrasound (IUS) is a beneficial tool in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. IUS has long been established in monitoring of Crohn’s disease patients. Recent stud...

    Authors: Sarah El-Nakeep
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:51
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. Heavy menstrual bleeding is an important health problem in women of reproductive age and is also one of the most common symptoms in women with bleeding disorders. Data about the frequency of rare bleeding diso...

    Authors: Doaa El Demerdash, Mohamed Talaat El Kholy, Alia Abdel-Aziz Ayad, Noha Tawfik, Magda Rakha, Sonia Adolf Habib, Manal Hamdy EL Said, George Sobhy and Maha Yacoub
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:49
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  27. In December 2019, a cluster of patients with pneumonia of undetermined etiology was recognized in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Subsequently, a novel coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome- related Cor...

    Authors: Ahmed Elmetwally Ahmed, Emad Ahmed Awad, Manal Sabry Mohamed, Abdelrhman Haggag Abdelrady, Moamen Abdelfadil Ismail and Sonya Ahmed Ali El-Gaaly
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:47
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  28. A hospital is a very complex organization because it works on all days, at all hours uninterruptedly. The people visiting a hospital are in pain, and the people working in a hospital are diverse ranging from h...

    Authors: Gurmeet Singh Sarla
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:46
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  29. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), constituting 31% of all NHL. Malignancy and inflammation are closely linked. Inflammatory processes have been ide...

    Authors: Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Hafez, Mahmoud Salah Abdel Salam, Sabry Abdullah Shoeib, Sara Gamal El Meligy and Rania Mohamed Afifi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:45
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  30. Variceal hemorrhage from the rupture of esophageal varices is accompanied by a substantial mortality rate. So, newly diagnosed cirrhotic patients are recommended to perform screening esophago-gastroduodenoscop...

    Authors: Khaled Mohamed Ali Shehata, Abdul-Allah Ismael Kelany, Salma Mokhtar Osman Hassan, Ramy Mohamed Ahmed, Peter Atef Mounir and Amira Hassan AbdelAziz
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:44
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  31. Intravascular volume assessment is critical to guiding volume management in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). This study aimed to compare the impact of using inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and collap...

    Authors: Ahmed ElSaeed AbdulGalil, Aya Fathi Abdelhalem and Ahmed Ahmed Eldeeb
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:43
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  32. Clinical outcomes of ascariasis, one of the most common parasitic infections, are remarkably variable ranging from asymptomatic infection to death. Ascariasis can pair absorption of fats, vitamin A, iodine, an...

    Authors: Bashi Brenda Mugob, Ntonifor Helen Ngum, Clifford Boubga, Foncham Evans Ngwenah and Oumar Mahamat
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:42
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  33. Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) imply chronic intestinal inflammation with both local and systemic manifestations. Cognition is a lifelong process of learning and memory processing, which has ...

    Authors: Amira M. Al Balakosy, Safa Askar, Rehab Mohamed Naguib, Sherif Ayman and Hend Mubarak
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:41
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    The Correction to this article has been published in The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:67

  34. All patients with overt and severe subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH), and some with mild SCH require levothyroxine (L-T4) therapy. The present study aims to report real-world derived weight-based L-T4 doses to ...

    Authors: Tamer Mohamed Elsherbiny
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:40
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  35. Osteoprotegerin is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily. The study aimed to assess serum osteoprotegerin and endothelial dysfunction relationship in obese non-diabetic subjects. Elucidati...

    Authors: Ahmed Mohammed Shennawy, Hany William Z. Hanna, Salma Raed, Randa Salam and Sama Ayman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:39
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  36. Malaria is a serious Anopheles mosquito-borne disease. It is not endemic in Egypt but continues to be imported by travelers returning from endemic areas. The transmission of malaria in non-endemic areas is an ...

    Authors: Hamdy Ibrahim, Safwat Abdel Maksod, Magdy Khorshed, Hanan Rady, Aadel Mohamed, Omar Alkassas, Marwa Haron, Suzan Saeed, Mohamed Mahmod and Khaled Ismail
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:38
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  38. Authors: Roselle Arbas, Sofia Alexis Dayrit, Arah Dimalanta, John Ashley Flores, Arch Raphael Mañalac, Dinah Rose Soriano, Johana Vallo, Raphael Enrique Tiongco and Maria Ruth Pineda-Cortel
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:36
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:5

  39. Intravenous fluid administration is regarded as a universal therapy in critical care. It is the mainstay of treatment in patients with dehydration, blood loss, sepsis, electrolyte imbalance, and shock. Crystal...

    Authors: Mason Stoltzfus, Aditya Kohli, Priyanshi Shah, Fnu Anamika, Sai Gautham Kanagala, Vasu Gupta, Meet A. Patel and Rohit Jain
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:35
    Content type: Review Published on:

  40. Bilirubin is a metabolic product of heme, and an increase in its level may be toxic to the body. It may be conjugated or unconjugated. Encephalopathy is caused by unconjugated bilirubin has the ability to pass...

    Authors: Sadhana Kumbhar, Manish Musale and Anas Jamsa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:34
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  41. Irrational use of antibiotics in hospitals is one of the main health system problems. It leads to antibiotic resistance, adverse events, treatment failure, total treatment costs, and longer hospital stay. We a...

    Authors: Heba Othman Shaker, Manal Naguib, Basant Mohamed Abdelaziz and Marwan Mohamed Salah Eldin El Bourini
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:33
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  42. The periodontal tissue initiates an immune-inflammatory response against bacteria and their products at the site of periodontal infection, and systemic attack by these pathogens triggers an acute phase respons...

    Authors: Shilpi Gupta, Nand Lal, Wahid Ali, Akshyaya Pradhan, Ajay Kumar Verma, Prashant Gupta, Neeraj Kumar, Balendra Pratap Singh and Neeraj Sinha
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:32
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  44. Several studies have suggested a causal link between acute kidney injury and the consequent development of chronic kidney disease. The severity, frequency, and duration of acute injury are key factors in this ...

    Authors: Marwa K. Khairallah, Asmaa A. Gaber, Mohammed H. Maghraby, Marwa A. Dahpy, Simran Singh Parmer and Mohammed H. Mostafa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:30
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  45. Thyroid nodules were widely encountered in the population, and the selection of thyroid nodules for fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) remains confusing. It is essential to investigate the risk factors ass...

    Authors: Maha Assem Hussein, Yasmine Fathy Elesawy, Dina Esam Abd Al-Rahman Ghoweba and Shrook Mousa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:29
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  46. The transformation of acute myeloid leukemia with translocation (16;16) (p13; q22) from AML M2 to acute monocytic leukemia (AML M5) during therapy is a rare clinical occurrence, and this is the first time it h...

    Authors: Shams ElDoha Galal ElDin Zaiema and Heba Mohamed Saber Hafez
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:28
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  47. In this study, we evaluated the utility of the TyG index among Filipino patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and explored its association with various laboratory markers.

    Authors: Chastene Christopher Flake, Madonna Morales-Valenzuela, Raphael Enrique Tiongco and Annalyn Navarro
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:27
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  48. We report a case of a 36-year-old female with untreated celiac disease, exhibiting both digestive discomfort and extra-digestive symptoms, including anemia. She subsequently developed a nephrotic syndrome. Bio...

    Authors: Zaineb Kaouiri, Ikram Ftaimi, Meryem Benbella, Rabia Bayahia, Loubna Benamar, Naima Ouzeddoun and Tarik Bouattar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:26
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  49. In cases of heart failure characterized by reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), heightened levels of aldosterone negatively impact the progression of heart failure. Aldosterone exerts its influence through the a...

    Authors: H. ElSawi, S. Zidan and A. Elborolosy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:25
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  50. Medical malpractice is described as an error made by medical providers towards their patients. For many years, this form of negligence has permeated healthcare and continues to leave a negative impact. Medical...

    Authors: Mahmoud Ali and Branden Tejada
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 36:23
    Content type: Review Published on:
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