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Validation of a risk prediction model for COVID-19: the PERIL prospective cohort study.
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Future Medicine
, 2023 , Article)
This study aims to perform an external validation of a recently developed prognostic model for early prediction of the risk of progression to severe COVID-19. Patients were recruited at their initial diagnosis at two ...
Effect of coronavirus-19 restrictions in male handball players: Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and satisfaction with life
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
This experiment examined physical activity (PA), sitting time, and satisfaction with life (SL) in European (45%) and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA; 55%) handball players (n = 418; age: 25.6 ± 6.8 years; body mass: ...
Association between pregnancy and severe COVID-19 symptoms in Qatar: A cross-sectional study.
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PLOS Global Public Health
, 2023 , Article)
There is inconclusive evidence whether pregnancy exacerbates COVID-19 symptoms or not, and scarce data from the Middle East and North Africa region. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between pregnancy ...
COVID-19-associated hypertriglyceridemia and impact of treatment
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Frontiers Media SA
, 2024 , Article)
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) associated hypertriglyceridemia was observed among patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) in Qatar. This study aimed to describe COVID-19-associated-hypertriglyceridemia ...
Price and volatility spillovers between global equity, gold, and energy markets prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
This study sets out to provide fresh evidence on the dynamic interrelationships, at both return and volatility levels, between global equity, gold, and energy markets prior to and during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. ...
Self-promotion and online shaming during COVID-19: A toxic combination
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
A public shaming frenzy has spread through social media (SM) following the instigation of lockdown policies as a way to counter the spread of COVID-19. On SM, individuals shun the idea of self-promotion and shame others ...
Resilience in the time of COVID-19: Lessons learned from Middle East and North Africa small- and medium-sized enterprises
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John Wiley & Sons
, 2023 , Article)
We investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small- and medium-sized enterprises in Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco. Using firm-level panel data from an enterprise survey, we highlight several new findings. ...
Sex-based differences in severity and mortality in COVID-19
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2021 , Article Review)
The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has a male bias in severity and mortality. This is consistent with previous coronavirus ...
Sarcopenia and Mortality in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2024 , Article Review)
COVID-19 can manifest as either asymptomatic or progressing to a severe phase in some patients, which may require hospitalization. These patients may experience dyspnea and hypoxia, leading to the development of acute ...
Comparison of demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics between first and second COVID-19 waves in a secondary care hospital in Qatar: a retrospective study
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2022 , Article)
Objective To compare the patient profile and outcomes in Qatar during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Setting A retrospective observational study was conducted comparing the demographic, clinical ...