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Total Thyroidectomy In The Management Of Graves' Disease, Mahamoud Mohamed Abo El Yazed, Adel Mohammad Abdul-Haleim Lasheen, Abdella Nazeer Yasieno, Abd Elnaby Saeid Ismaiel, Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan Rashed
Total Thyroidectomy In The Management Of Graves' Disease, Mahamoud Mohamed Abo El Yazed, Adel Mohammad Abdul-Haleim Lasheen, Abdella Nazeer Yasieno, Abd Elnaby Saeid Ismaiel, Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan Rashed
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Background; Graves’ disease (GD) is an autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland in which thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TRAb) stimulate thyroid stimulating hormone receptors (TSH-R), thereby increasing thyroid hormone production and release , Aim and objectives: The aim of this work was to evaluate the outcome of total thyroidectomy in the treatment of Graves' disease. Patient and methods; Fifty patients have goitre was prospectively studied. All patients were undergoing capsular dissection total thyroidectomy after preoperative preparation at Al-Hussein University Hospital. Result; As regard Postoperative parameters distribution between the two studied groups, we found that there is a significant difference between the …
Early Diagnostic Value Of Lung Ultrasound Compared To Chest Computed Tomography For Pleural Effusion And Pneumonia In Critically Ill Patients, Mohamed Osman Abdel Hamid Ibrahim, Mostafa Abdel Hamid Abo-Elainin, Khalid Mohamed Halima, Mohamed Abdelgawad Aboelsuod
Early Diagnostic Value Of Lung Ultrasound Compared To Chest Computed Tomography For Pleural Effusion And Pneumonia In Critically Ill Patients, Mohamed Osman Abdel Hamid Ibrahim, Mostafa Abdel Hamid Abo-Elainin, Khalid Mohamed Halima, Mohamed Abdelgawad Aboelsuod
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Background: Recently, lung ultrasound has been touted as a modality that can diagnose pneumonia in a variety of settings while overcoming many of the shortcomings of other tools. Aim: The aim of the study to compare between diagnostic value of lung ultrasound and CT- chest in evaluating pneumonia and pleural effusion in ICU patients. The primary study outcomes were the sensitivity and specificity of lung ultrasound and CT-chest in pneumonia and pleural effusion. The Secondary study outcomes were the satisfaction of the patient. Patients and Methods: This was observational study included 40 patients admitted to ICU Al-Azhar university hospitals. Results: …