Increased public accountability for hospital nonprofit status: Potential impacts on residency positions

MC Raffoul, RL Phillips - The Journal of the American Board …, 2017 - Am Board Family Med
Background: The Institute of Medicine recently called for greater graduate medical education
(GME) accountability for meeting the workforce needs of the nation. The Affordable Care …

Office visits for women aged 45–64 years according to physician specialties

MC Raffoul, SM Petterson, WF Rayburn… - Journal of Women's …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Background: The increase in access to healthcare through the Affordable Care Act highlights
the need to track where women seek their office-based care. The objectives of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Trace element supplementation after major burns modulates antioxidant status and clinical course by way of increased tissue trace element concentrations

MM Berger, M Baines, W Raffoul, M Benathan… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Background: After major burns, patients can develop nutritional deficiencies including trace
element (TE) deficiencies. Various complications, such as infections and delayed wound …

Assessing the potential health risk of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in Lake Naivasha, Kenya

MH Raffoul, EM Enanga, OE Senar, IF Creed, CG Trick - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
… In addition, we identified greater MC production per cyanobacteria biomass unit (MC:PC)
during the dry months, indicating an increase in toxin production per cell during the slow …

Prostate Cancer Treatment is Enhanced by Genistein In Vitro and In Vivo in a Syngeneic Orthotopic Tumor Model

Y Wang, JJ Raffoul, M Che, DR Doerge… - Radiation …, 2006 - meridian.allenpress.com
… model that even at a very low dose of 20 μg/day, genistein promotes metastasis to lymph
nodes and enhances the primary tumor growth inhibition induced by radiation (Raffoul et al., …

Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis: clinical and histopathological study of 10 cases from Lebanon

H Tamraz, M Raffoul, M Kurban… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Confluent and reticulate papillomatosis (CRP) is a rare disorder that has mostly
been described in case reports and limited case series. Studies on this condition from our …

Reconstructive surgery of inguinal defects: a systematic literature review of surgical etiology and reconstructive technique

…, L Schiraldi, S Giordano, CM Oranges, W Raffoul… - in vivo, 2019 - iv.iiarjournals.org
… Among the myocutaneous flaps RA-MC and ALT-MC were the most used, and both offer
an … in an abdominal wall hernia) of RA-MC flap, ALT-MC seemed to be the flap of choice in …

Nutritional status and food intake in nine patients with chronic low-limb ulcers and pressure ulcers: importance of oral supplements

W Raffoul, MS Far, MC Cayeux, MM Berger - Nutrition, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Chronic low-limb ulcers and pressure ulcers are a serious and costly issue.
Malnutrition is a risk factor. Searching for intervention strategies in elderly patients referred for …

[HTML][HTML] Trace element supplementation after major burns increases burned skin trace element concentrations and modulates local protein metabolism but not whole …

…, RL Chiolero, W Taylor, W Raffoul, MC Cayeux… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Background: After major burns, patients exhibit an intense catabolism, and the wounds require
surgery and grafting for closure. Complications, such as weight loss and delayed wound …

Noninvasive estimation of systolic pulmonary artery pressure using Doppler echocardiography in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

JP Laaban, B Diebold, R Zelinski, M Lafay, H Raffoul… - Chest, 1989 - Elsevier
In patients with acquired or congenital heart diseases, the systolic pulmonary artery pressure
(PAPs) can be predicted using continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound (CWD) measurement …