Papers by Muhammad Faqieh Ali
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, Jan 26, 2018
Many children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) experience chemotherapy-i... more Many children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) experience chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) despite receiving prophylaxis. Guideline-consistent CINV prophylaxis includes dexamethasone, but uncertainty with regard to safety potentially limits the use of dexamethasone in children. We describe immediate adverse events (AEs) attributable to dexamethasone given for CINV prophylaxis to children during HSCT conditioning. Children enrolled in a previous prospective study were retrospectively analyzed. Objective parameters related to specific AEs occurring within 5 days of dexamethasone administration were abstracted from health records and graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.03 (CTCAE v4.03). Their association to dexamethasone was assessed using the Liverpool Causality Assessment Tool. Forty-six children (median age, 10.2 y) were eligible for analysis. The most frequent AEs attributable to dexamethasone (Liv...
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
Automatic Postoperative Monitoring of Infrainguinal Bypass Procedures
Archives of Surgery, 1997
To evaluate the usefulness of a portable, computer-based, oscillometric, noninvasive blood pressu... more To evaluate the usefulness of a portable, computer-based, oscillometric, noninvasive blood pressure monitor for the automatic surveillance of postoperative infrainguinal bypasses. Prospective unblinded study. Regional tertiary care Veterans Affairs medical center. A total of 60 limbs were examined in 3 groups (n = 20 in each group): normal, asymptomatic volunteers; older patients with symptomatic peripheral vascular disease; and patients who had undergone infrainguinal bypass procedures. Noninvasive blood pressure monitor pressures, complete lower extremity arterial studies with Doppler ankle-brachial index (ABI), segmental pressures, and pulse volume recordings were performed in all groups. The patients who had undergone surgery also had hourly noninvasive blood pressure measurements taken. Ankle-brachial indices obtained with the noninvasive blood pressure monitor were compared with simultaneous manual Doppler ABIs and pulse volume recordings. There was a significant overall correlation between the Doppler-derived ABIs and automatic oscillometric values (r = 0.89, P < .001). Although there was a slight difference in absolute values (+/-SEM) (0.90 +/- 0.03 vs 0.84 +/- 0.03, respectively), an excellent correlation was found between the 2 methods in the clinically relevant range of ABI values between 0.60 and 1.10. The oscillometric method, however, overestimated the ABI when it was less than 0.60 by the Doppler method (0.61 +/- 0.02 vs 0.44 +/- 0.03, P < .001) and underestimated it when it was more than 1.10 (1.05 +/- 0.02 vs 1.16 +/- 0.01, P < .001). (All values given as +/-SEM.) Oscillometric overestimation correlated with depressed pulse volume recording waveforms (P < .001) or diminished pulse volume recording amplitudes of less than 10 mm (P < .001). The automatic oscillometric monitor provides a useful, accurate, objective, and quantitative method for postoperative bypass graft surveillance.
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