Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is lethal, and the majority of patients present
with locally advanced or metastatic disease that is not amenable to cure. Thus, with surgical …

… This can be addressed by getting access to the electronic medical records from the patients’
portals, yet often patients do not have access to them. Communication with the previous …

… All data were captured and managed in a REDCap electronic data capture tool hosted at
our institution and customized specifically for this study [19, 20]. Continuous variables were …

Aim To assess the potential protective effect of bariatric surgery on mortality after myocardial
infarction (MI) or cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Materials and Methods Using the …

The following position statement is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgery in response to numerous inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, …

… surgeries], and T2DM status [fasting blood glucose (FBG), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c),
and insulin and non-insulin diabetes medication use] were extracted from the electronic …

… Aleassa MD a b , Zhamak Khorgami MD c , Tammy L. Kindel MD d , Chao Tu MS e , WH
Wilson Tang MD f , Philip R. Schauer MD a , Stacy A. Brethauer MD a g , Ali Aminian MD a …

With cancer being the third leading cause of mortality in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there
has been significant investment from the government and private health care providers to …

We hypothesized that increased ambient concentrations of metals, as a consequence of
escalating urbanization and industrialization of the Gulf region will respond in increased …

… Data including age, sex, ethnicity, and body mass indices (BMI) were extracted from the
electronic medical records. Furthermore, history of diabetes mellitus, pancreatitis, and pre-…