Browsing by Author "Abdelhafez, Ibrahim"
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Complement C5a and Clinical Markers as Predictors of COVID-19 Disease Severity and Mortality in a Multi-Ethnic Population
Cyprian, Farhan S.; Suleman, Muhammad; Abdelhafez, Ibrahim; Doudin, Asmma; Masud Danjuma, Ibn Mohammed; Mir, Fayaz Ahmad; Parray, Aijaz; Yousaf, Zohaib; Siddiqui, Mohammed Yaseen Ahmed; Abdelmajid, Alaaedin; Mulhim, Mohammad; Al-Shokri, Shaikha; Abukhattab, Mohammad; Shaheen, Ranad; Elkord, Eyad; Al-khal, Abdul Latif; Elzouki, Abdel Naser; Girardi, Guillermina... more authors ... less authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2021 , Article)Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) was declared as a pandemic by WHO in March 2020. SARS-CoV-2 causes a wide range of illness from asymptomatic to life-threatening. There is an essential need to identify biomarkers to ... -
Critical appraisal of predatory journals in pathology.
AlAhmad, Yaman M; Abdelhafez, Ibrahim; Cyprian, Farhan S; Akhtar, Saghir; Skenderi, Faruk; Vranic, Semir... more authors ... less authors ( BMJ , 2019 , Article)Predatory journals refer to journals that recruit articles through aggressive marketing and spam emails, promising a quick, but not robust, review and fast open-access (OA) publication, thus compromising scholarly publishing ... -
External Validation and Recalibration of the CURB-65 and PSI for Predicting 30-Day Mortality and Critical Care Intervention in Multiethnic Patients with COVID-19
Elmoheen, Amr; Abdelhafez, Ibrahim; Salem, Waleed; Bahgat, Mohamed; Elkandow, Ali; Tarig, Amina; Arshad, Nauman; Mohamed, Khoulod; Al-Hitmi, Maryam; Saad, Mona; Emam, Fatima; Taha, Samah; Bashir, Khalid; Azad, Aftab... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Objectives: To validate and recalibrate the CURB-65 and pneumonia severity index (PSI) in predicting 30-day mortality and critical care intervention (CCI) in a multiethnic population with COVID-19, along with evaluating ... -
SARS-CoV-2 and immune-microbiome interactions: Lessons from respiratory viral infections
Farhan, Cyprian; Sohail, Muhammad Umar; Abdelhafez, Ibrahim; Salman, Salma; Attique, Zakria; Kamareddine, Layla; Al-Asmakh, Maha... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)By the beginning of 2020, infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had rapidly evolved into an emergent worldwide pandemic, an outbreak whose unprecedented consequences highlighted ... -
Screening for diabetes and impaired glucose metabolism in Qatar: Models’ development and validation
Khaled, Sadek; Abdelhafez, Ibrahim; Al-Hashimi, Israa; Al-Shafi, Wadha; Tarmizi, Fatihah; Al-Marri, Hissa; Alzohari, Nada; Balideh, Mohammad; Carr, Alison... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)AimTo establish two scoring models for identifying individuals at risk of developing Impaired Glucose Metabolism (IGM) or Type two Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in Qatari. Materials and methodsA sample of 2000 individuals, from ... -
Snornas and mirnas networks underlying covid-19 disease severity
Parray, Aijaz; Mir, Fayaz A.; Doudin, Asmma; Iskandarani, Ahmad; Danjuma, Ibn M.; Kuni, Rahim A.; Abdelmajid, Alaaedin; Abdelhafez, Ibrahim; Arif, Rida; Mulhim, Mohammad; Abukhattab, Mohammad; Dar, Shoukat R.; Moustafa, Ala-Eddin A.; Elkord, Eyad; Al Khal, Abdul L.; Elzouki, Abdel-Naser; Cyprian, Farhan... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)There is a lack of predictive markers for early and rapid identification of disease progression in COVID-19 patients. Our study aims at identifying microRNAs (miRNAs)/small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) as potential biomarkers ...