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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 ...
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 ...
Emotional Distress and Associated Factors among the General Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2022 , Article)
Objective: This study investigated emotional distress and associated factors among the general population in the aftermath of the COVID-19 lockdown in China. Design and sample: An online nationwide survey was conducted ...
Erratum: Prevalence and determinants of symptomatic COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents in Qatar: A cross-sectional analysis of 11 445 individuals (Epidemiology and Infection (2021) 149 (E193) DOI: 10.1017/S0950268821001515)
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Cambridge University Press
, 2021 , Article)
The original version of this article was published with a mistake in one of the authors’ names. “Abdallah Musa Abdallah” is the correct full name but this was initially published as just “Abdallah Musa”. This has now been ...
Metabolic predictors of COVID-19 mortality and severity: a survival analysis
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Frontiers Media SA
, 2024 , Article)
Introduction: The global healthcare burden of COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented with a high mortality. Metabolomics, a powerful technique, has been increasingly utilized to study the host response to infections and ...