Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders, Department of Subspecialty Care for Women's Health, Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: wallacs8@ccf.org.
Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and reconstructive Surgery Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, 250 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: Christina.LewickyGaupp@nm.org.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Gyn/Ob Clinic, 1365 Clifton Road, Bldg A, 4th Floor, Attention Daphne Blow, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: Linder.Brian@mayo.edu.
Urogynecology/Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (Urogynecology), Women's Health Institute, Cleveland, Ohio.
Department of Surgery, Stanford Pelvic Health Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Acute poisoning is a significant international public health issue and one of the leading causes of death in the emergency department (ED). In the absence of any previous reports describing the poison...
We collected the data retrospectively from the Syrian Poisons Information Centre (SPIC) from January 1999 until December 2020. The data included patients who had accidental or non-accidental exposure ...
We collected the data of 120,972 poisoned patients, of whom 52.6% were females, and 47.4% were males. Aleppo governorate reported the highest number of poisoned cases (28.6%), followed by Damascus gov...
The differences in socioeconomic status, cultural habits, and agricultural and industrial activities between countries have led to a state of fluctuation regarding the most common poisoning agents....
Damascus and Aleppo, the two major governorates in Syria, had the highest poisoning cases. Oral administration of pharmaceutical agents was responsible for most of the poisoning cases. The most common...
The learning environment plays a vital role in dental education. A positive learning environment could improve students' satisfaction, psychosocial well-being, and academic achievement. This study set...
The study included dental schools at Damascus University (DU), Tishreen University (TU), and University of Hama (HU). DU and TU are considered 2 of the largest universities in Syria. Students across a...
In total, 1205 students completed the questionnaire: 650 were from DU, 309 from HU, and 243 from TU. Cronbach's alpha value of the DREEM instrument was 0.927. The total DREEM score for all universitie...
This study provides a baseline data on the learning environment at dental schools in Syria. Although the study suggests a more positive than negative perception of the learning environment, Syrian den...
This was a retrospective, comparative 6-year study....
This study aimed to retrospectively analyze patients who were treated at Kilis State Hospital for spine and spinal cord injuries during the Syrian civil war and to compare the treatment results with t...
Kilis State Hospital, Kilis, Turkey....
In our study, 84 patients who were treated for spine and spinal cord injuries between December 2011 and May 2017 were examined. Patient age, sex, injury type, injury region, neurological status, time ...
Of the patients, 72 were male, and 12 were female. The mean age of the patients was 23.2 ± 7.3 years. Fifty-two patients were treated surgically. Surgical treatment was applied to 44 patients with neu...
Early surgery (in the first 24 h) had a positive effect on the neurological recovery of the patients in our study. Thus, patients with spine and spinal cord injuries rendered a surgical-treatment deci...
Effective vaccination governance in conflict-affected regions poses unique challenges. This study evaluates the governance of vaccination programs in northwest Syria, focusing on effectiveness, effici...
Using a mixed-methods approach, and adapting Siddiqi's framework for health governance, data were collected through 14 key informant interviews (KIIs), a validating workshop, and ethnographic observat...
The study highlights innovative approaches used to navigate the complex health governance landscape to deliver vaccination interventions, which strengthened sub-national vaccination structures such as...
The study highlights the complexities of vaccination governance in conflict-affected areas. Comparisons with other conflict zones underscore the importance of local organisations and international sup...
The governance of vaccination in northwest Syria is multifaceted, involving multiple stakeholders and lacking a legitimate government. Enhancing transparency, local ownership, and participatory decisi...
Increased rates of multidrug-resistant microbes have been reported after earthquakes. After the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, the number of associated highly drug-resistant pathogens and nosoc...
Depression is a prominent cause of mental disability globally, having a severe impact on mental and physical health. Depression rehabilitation and treatment, whether through psychiatric management or ...
A total of 1,056 students in Syria completed a questionnaire that included a case narrative illustrating depression. A total of 1,056 students in Syria completed a questionnaire that included a case n...
Four questionnaires have refused to finish the survey, out of 1259 issued. Around 47.80% of respondents, most of whom were females, felt that sad people might snap out of it. 14.60 percent believe dep...
According to the study, Syrian college students had a significant level of stigma and social distance toward mentally ill patients. Female students and non-medical students had a higher stigma in most...
The earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria in February, 2023, have caused further devastation in northwest Syria-an area already affected by protracted armed conflict, mass forced displacement, and inadequa...
Detail a picture of the current pregnancy and delivery characteristics and outcomes in Northwestern Syria....
This is a prospective observational study, using an electronic health information system, from four healthcare centers in two provinces in Northwestern Syria. We classified the population into two gro...
We analyzed data from 21 294 pregnant women. Among them 69.6% were displaced. Less than 1% of all care met the standard WHO's antenatal guidelines, and 3.9% met the focused WHO guidelines. Displaced w...
We found huge deficiency in perinatal care among all women in this region. We found high cesarean-section rate, anemia, premature birth, newborn mortality within 24 h of birth, and high adolescent pre...
Since the withdrawal of government forces from Northwest Syria due to the conflict, several national initiatives have aimed to create alternative governance approaches to replace the central governmen...
A governance assessment framework was adopted after an extensive literature review and group discussions. Four principles for the governance assessment framework were identified; legitimacy, accountab...
The level of the four principles on the governance thermometer scale was between the lowest and middle quintiles; 'very poor or inactive' and 'fair and requires improvement', respectively. The results...
Humanitarian actors and donors should pay more attention to health governance approaches and tools in protracted crises. The central bodies must improve coordination with the stakeholders and, most im...
The ongoing crisis in Syria has divided the country, leading to significant deterioration of the healthcare infrastructure and leaving millions of people struggling with poor socioeconomic conditions....
This research employed a quantitative, quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test approach, focusing on evaluating the financial toxicity among cancer patients in Northwest Syria before and a...
A total of 99 cancer patients were recruited in the first round of data collection, out of whom 28 patients affirmed consistent receipt of humanitarian aid throughout the follow-up period. The results...
The research findings indicate that current humanitarian assistance models might not sufficiently address the complex financial challenges faced by cancer patients in conflict zones. The research emph...
