Objectives and background: Hazard of smoking tobacco is believed to be minimized by
smoking hubble‐bubble (HB) instead of cigarettes. Our aims were to (i) develop an assay for …

Aims: To investigate the hypothesis that circulating resistin reflects the degree of pulmonary
inflammation, this study explores putative roles of resistin in patients with acute and stable …

Background: Despite the well-known inverse association between smoking and body weight,
there have been conflicting reports on the association between smoking and adipokines …

Objective To assess the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) in 4 Gulf Council Cooperation (GCC) countries. Methods We …

The first case of cavitary pulmonary disease caused by Purpureocillium lilacinum is
described. The isolate showed atypical microscopic characteristics similar to Acremonium and …

Objectives The literature on cytokine response in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is
confusing. It is possible that different disease phenotypes have different cytokine profiles. Our …

Objective Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) is a relatively new modality of
managing acute respiratory failure (ARF). It has not been applied before in our area. The aim …

… Cite this article Al Mutair A, Al Mutairi A, Ambani Z, Shamsan A, AlMahmoud S, Alhumaid
S. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the level of depression among health care workers: …

Importance Helmet noninvasive ventilation has been used in patients with COVID-19 with the
premise that helmet interface is more effective than mask interface in delivering prolonged …

… 1 , Hisham Tarraf, Abbas Nemati, Mohammed Al Ghobain, Sana Al Mutairi, Zeina Aoun
Bacha …