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    Age/BMI is a Stronger Predictor of Death in COVID-19 Patients than Age Alone: A Pilot Study

    The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of age and BMI on the risk of death in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A cohort of 206 Saudi COVID-19 patients was included in this ...

    Wala Al Balwi, Maha Al Turki, Ziad A. Memish in Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health (2022)

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    Kinetics of antibody response in critically ill patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome and association with mortality and viral clearance

    The objective of this study is to examine the IgG antibody response in critically ill patients with the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and to examine the association of early antibody response with mo...

    Yaseen M Arabi, Ali H. Hajeer, Hanan Balkhy, Sameera Al Johani in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Differential Gene Expression in Peripheral White Blood Cells with Permissive Underfeeding and Standard Feeding in Critically Ill Patients: A Descriptive Sub-study of the PermiT Randomized Controlled Trial

    The effect of short-term caloric restriction on gene expression in critically ill patients has not been studied. In this sub-study of the PermiT trial (Permissive Underfeeding or Standard Enteral Feeding in Cr...

    Yaseen M. Arabi, Mohammed Al-Balwi, Ali H. Hajeer, Dunia Jawdat in Scientific Reports (2018)

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    Feasibility, safety, clinical, and laboratory effects of convalescent plasma therapy for patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection: a study protocol

    As of September 30, 2015, a total of 1589 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). At ...

    Yaseen Arabi, Hanan Balkhy, Ali H. Hajeer, Abderrezak Bouchama in SpringerPlus (2015)