Recent Publications
Liza Grosman-Rimon, Shachar Yehezkeel, Sagi Gleitman, Erez Kachel:Predictors of prolonged hospitalization in modified sternoplasty following postoperative mediastinitis (J Card Surg . )
Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a serious complication following cardiac surgery, and demands early intervention as any delay in diagnosis and management may lead to increased morbidity and mortality. DSWI is associated with increased length of hospitalization (LOH) and economic burden in this patient population. The aim of this study was to determine predictors for increased length of hospitalization in patients who underwent the Modified Sternoplasty technique for deep sternal wound infection following cardiac surgery.
Hilel Frankenthal: Validation of the Algorithmic Prediction of Failure Modes in Health Care Methodology: Applied to the Department of Sterile Supply and Equipment (Am J Med Qual . )
Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is a leading tool for risk management in health care. The term "blanket" approach FMEA describes a comprehensive simultaneous look at the variety of interrelated factors that may directly and indirectly affect patient safety. Applying FMEA with the "blanket" approach is not common, due to FMEA's limitations. Algorithmic prediction of failure modes in health care (APFMH) is leaner and enables the application of the "blanket" approach, but, like FMEA, it lacks formal validation. The authors set out to validate the APFMH method while applying a "blanket" approach.
Ala Aiob, Raneen Abu Shqara, Susana Mustafa Mikhail, Avishalom Sharon, Marwan Odeh, Lior Lowenstein: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ectopic pregnancy presentation and treatment: A retrospective cohort study (J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod . )
We examined ectopic pregnancy (EP) incidence, presentation and management, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and following initiation of vaccination against COVID-19.
David Azoulay, Galia Stemer: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Is Associated with Platelet Activity and Bleeding Tendency in Patients with Gaucher Disease (Int J Mol Sci . )
Bleeding tendency, a prominent feature of patients with Gaucher disease (GD), is associated with abnormal platelet function. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a protein with neuroprotective potential stored in alpha granules of circulating platelets. Here we studied BDNF levels in 50 patients with type I GD (GD1) and their correlation with platelet activity and bleeding tendency.Avi Benov: Isolated limb fractures - the underestimated injury in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) (Injury . )
Musculoskeletal injuries dominate warfare-related trauma and differ from civilian settings in higher hospitalization costs, morbidity, and mortality. Partly due to introduction of personal protective equipment in the Israel Defence Force (IDF) to minimize head and torso injuries while the extremities remained unprotected. This study describes military extremity injury patterns, prehospital treatment and injury sequela regarding return-to-duty and disability compensation.
Yishai Mintzker: Risk of major osteoporotic fractures among ultra-orthodox Jews (Osteoporos Int .)
The Ultra-Orthodox Jewish population has behaviors that can influence the risk for osteoporotic fractures. We investigated whether this population is more prone to osteoporotic fractures than non-Orthodox Jewish. We did not find a significant difference in osteoporotic fracture rates between the two populations despite major differences in exposure to potential risk factors.
Johnny S Younis: What is the recommended management of a young woman with an intact endometrioma desiring future fertility? (Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) . )
Endometriosis is a common, chronic, and inflammatory illness, with endometrioma a distinct advanced and progressive manifestation of the disease associated with reproductive dysfunction, infertility, and the need for ART treatment. Endometrioma is the most frequently diagnosed form of the disease, identified in up to 44% of affected women. However, the temporal management of endometriomas in women wishing to conceive or relative to ART treatment is not standardized, with surgery frequently advised pre-conceptually and before IVF treatment. Despite recent guidelines suggesting that clinicians may consider laparoscopy to treat infertility, routine endometrioma removal before ART is not indicated. Reevaluation of this practice within a critical framework that addresses the impact of endometrioma on ovarian reserve and whether its removal is beneficial in terms of fecundity and efficacy of ART treatment is, therefore, timely. This commentary explores recent evidence in a pragmatic question-driven approach and proposes a suggested clinical management strategy.
Ohad Ronen: Pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy of facial synkinesis: A systematic review and clinical practice recommendations by the international head and neck scientific group (Front Neurol . )
Post-paralytic facial synkinesis after facial nerve injury produces functional disabilities and mimetic deficits, but also cosmetic and non-motor psychosocial impairments for the patients. These patients typically have a high and continuous high motivation for rehabilitation. The aim is to inform the affected patients and their therapeutic professionals (otorhinolaryngologist - head and neck surgeons; oral-maxillofacial surgeons, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurologists, and mime therapists be it speech and language therapy- or physiotherapy-based) and to provide practical recommendations for diagnostics and a stepwise systematic treatment approach of facial synkinesis.
Amani Daoud, Ohad Ronen: Parathyroid Cystic Adenoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Endocr Pract . )
Parathyroid cystic adenomas (PCA) are a rare (0.5-1%) subclass of parathyroid adenomas. Due to their cystic component, imaging modalities known to be efficient for diagnosing solid adenomas might fail in localizing PCAs. We reviewed diagnostic imaging modalities for PCA.
Erez Onn, Khalaf Kridin: The burden of gout in acne keloidalis nuchae-Insights from a population-based study (J Cosmet Dermatol)
The risk of gout amid patients with acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN) has not been investigated in the past. Objective: To assess the risk of developing gout among patients with AKN relative to control subjects.
Sondra Turjeman: Linking migration and microbiota at a major stopover site in a long-distance avian migrant (Mov Ecol . )
Migration is one of the most physical and energetically demanding periods in an individual bird's life. The composition of the bird's gut or cloacal microbiota can temporarily change during migration, likely due to differences in diets, habitats and other environmental conditions experienced en route. However, how physiological condition, migratory patterns, and other drivers interact to affect microbiota composition of migratory birds is still unclear. We sampled the cloacal bacterial microbiota of a long-distance migrant, the steppe buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus), at an important spring stopover bottleneck in Eilat, Israel, after crossing the ca. 1800 km Sahara Desert.
Tamara Bassal, Maamoun Basheer, Mariana Boulos, Nimer Assy: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-A Concise Review of Noninvasive Tests and Biomarkers (Metabolites .)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide, with a continuously growing prevalence. The pathophysiology of the disease is complex and includes several mechanisms, with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance playing a major role. It is crucial to diagnose NAFLD before it advances ...
Inshirah Sgayer,Daniel Glikman, Raneen Abu Shqara, Maya Maimon, Hagai Rechnitzer, Lior Lowenstein, Maya Frank Wolf: Maternal colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in term vs preterm pregnancies (Int J Gynaecol Obstet
This study examined the prevalence and risk factors of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) colonization among women who delivered preterm and at term.
Amir Mari: Diagnostics of Gastrointestinal Motility and Function: Update for Clinicians (Diagnostics (Basel) .)
Disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) tract motility and function are prevalent in the general population and negatively affect quality of life [1]. The principle aim of this editorial is to serve as an introduction for this Special Issue, which presents the latest advances in the diagnostics of GI motility and function.
Khalaf Kridin: Chronic spontaneous urticaria in patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: Insights from big data analyses (Urology . )
Objective: To examine the association between chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS).